BOOK IV

THE PERFECT WORLD

I. IN SPACE 187

II. ADRIFT IN THE SOLAR REGIONS 194

III. THE VISION OF A NEW WORLD 204

IV. JUPITER AND THE JOVIANS 211

V. DEATH IN JUPITER 223

VI. THE SACRAMENT OF SCHLERIK-ITATA 232

VII. HATRED ON KEEMAR 244

VIII. THE UNFORGIVEABLE KISS 256

IX. ALAN—THE KNIGHT ERRANT 265

X. THE CAVE OF WHISPERING MADNESS 270

XI. THE WRAITHS OF THE RORKAS 282

XII. THE FATE OF KULMERVAN 292

XIII. THE SENTENCE UPON ARRACK 296

XIV. THE HALL OF SORROWS 302

XV. THE TRIUMPH OF AK-ALAN 307

XVI. THE PERFECT WORLD 316

ENVOI 320