This is the original draft version of ItSoH. It is incomplete, partway through act 3, and will not be finished in this form. The new version is available here. The new version follows most of the same continuity, but is significantly better written.
ACT ONE: New Creatures with New Hearts
POVs: Yan, Aymon
Complete act. Chapters 1-42. Approx word count is 225,000 words.
To catch up on the story faster, you may consider reading the abridged act one.
Table of Contents / Reference Sheet for part one can be found here. Contains spoilers.
ACT TWO: The Realms of the Unreal
POVs: Yan, Aymon, Sylva, Sid. +Kino bonus chapter.
Complete act. Chapters 43-89. Approx word count is 329,000 words.
To catch up on the story faster, you may consider reading the abridged act two.
ACT THREE: The Eyes that See the Glory
POVs: Yan, Aymon, Sylva, Sid. +Halen bonus chapter.
Incomplete. Chapters 90-current.
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 120 | Chapter One Hundred Twenty - A Fariskian Bargain | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 119 | Chapter One Hundred Nineteen - The Most Fragile Thing of All | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 118 | Chapter One Hundred Eighteen - The Better Angels of Our Nature | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 117 | Chapter One Hundred Seventeen - Orange Ball of Pain | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 116 | Chapter One Hundred Sixteen - Hombres. Sailors. Comrades. | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 115 | Chapter One Hundred Fifteen - Geiersburg Fortress | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 114 | Chapter One Hundred Fourteen - Drone Swarm Tactics | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 113 | Chapter One Hundred Thirteen - The Business of Lying | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 112 | Chapter One Hundred Twelve - Phone Tag | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 111 | Chapter One Hundred Eleven - The Tragic Accident | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 110 | Chapter One Hundred Ten - Bless the Arrows that Strike Us Where We Stand | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 109 | Chapter One Hundred Nine - Daughters of Hungry Ghosts | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 108 | Chapter One Hundred Eight - "It's like we're in the beginning of a buddy cop movie." | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 107 | Chapter One Hundred Seven - The Gom Jabbar | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 106 | Chapter One Hundred Six - Eleventh Song: Song of the Stranger | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 105 | Chapter One Hundred Five - A Tiny Moment of Respite | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 104 | Chapter One Hundred Four - All the Lonely People | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 103 | Chapter One Hundred Three - In My Thoughts and in My Words | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 102 | Chapter One Hundred Two - Quid Pro Quo | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 101 | Chapter One Hundred One - Confess the Murder | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 100 | Chapter One Hundred - Fire to the Sun | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 99 | Chapter Ninety-Nine - In Which Our Heroes Discuss the Plan | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 98 | Chapter Ninety-Eight - The Cracks Too Small to Slip Through | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 97 | Chapter Ninety-Seven - The Friend of My Enemy | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 96 | Chapter Ninety-Six - The Left Hand of Darkness | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 95 | Chapter Ninety-Five - Funeral Codes / Funeral Rites | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 94 | Chapter Ninety-Four - Can't Trust A Spy, or a Friend | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 93 | Chapter Ninety-Three - O Captain My Captain | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 92 | Chapter Ninety-Two - A Negative Peace | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 91 | Chapter Ninety-One - The Interior of Aymon's Heart | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 90 | Chapter Ninety - The Choices We Must Live With | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 89 | Chapter Eighty-Nine - Clemency for the Wizard Kino | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 88 | Chapter Eighty-Eight - If I Forget You, Israel, Let Me Forget My Left Hand | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 87 | Chapter Eighty-Seven - Zesa | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 86 | Chapter Eighty-Six - All Of Us Pirates Would Have Been Martyrs, Part III | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 85 | Chapter Eighty-Five - The God of the Gaps | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 84 | Chapter Eighty-Four - The Cliff of the Future, the Darkness of the Past | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 83 | Chapter Eighty-Three - The Distance Between the Real and the Ideal | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 82 | Chapter Eighty-Two - There's Always Mom | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 81 | Chapter Eighty-One - And When Force Is Gone... | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 80 | Chapter Eighty - Interrogation | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 79 | Chapter Seventy-Nine - When Justice Is Gone, There's Always Force | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 78 | Chapter Seventy-Eight - Condemned to Repeat Forever | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 77 | Chapter Seventy-Seven - When Love Is Gone, There's Always Justice | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 76 | Chapter Seventy-Six - A Friend is a Stranger is a Friend | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 75 | Chapter Seventy-Five - A Message Received None Too Soon | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 74 | Chapter Seventy-Four - Commitment Actions | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 73 | Chapter Seventy-Three - Dr. Sylva or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Power | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 72 | Chapter Seventy-Two - 'Tis Better to Have Tried and Failed Than Never Tried at All | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 71 | Chapter Seventy-One - The Mother We Share | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 70 | Chapter Seventy - Pirate Plots | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 69 | Chapter Sixty-Nine - Photographs, Memories, and Spies | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 68 | Chapter Sixty-Eight - O Ye of Little Faith | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 67 | Chapter Sixty-Seven - Surgery | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 66 | Chapter Sixty-Six - In Which Kino Claims She Has No Exploitable Vulnerabilities | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 65 | Chapter Sixty-Five - The Loneliest People in the Whole Wide World | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 64 | Chapter Sixty-Four - Sid, Master of Understanding | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 63 | Chapter Sixty-Three - Etta's House | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 62 | Chapter Sixty-Two - San Bernadino Welcomes You | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 61 | Chapter Sixty-One - The Bait in its Trap | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 60 | Chapter Sixty - The Walls Come Tumblin' Down | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 59 | Chapter Fifty-Nine - The Road Less-Traveled | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 58 | Chapter Fifty-Eight - The Keeper Did a'Hunting Go | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 57 | Chapter Fifty-Seven - The Green King and the Silver Flame Attunement | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 56 | Chapter Fifty-Six - Meet-Cute | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 55 | Chapter Fifty-Five - Schemes in a Guilded Age | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 54 | Chapter Fifty-Four - The Good Doctor | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 53 | Chapter Fifty-Three - I Don't Want to Die in Here | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 52 | Chapter Fifty-Two - No-Evil | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 51 | Chapter Fifty-One - Yan. | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 50 | Chapter Fifty - Crewman | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 49 | Chapter Forty-Nine - Hurry Up and Wait | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 48 | Chapter Forty-Eight - Puppets and their Masters | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 47 | Chapter Forty-Seven - Elections | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 46 | Chapter Forty-Six - No Such Thing as Good News | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 45 | Chapter Forty-Five - Murder on the Oathkeeper Express | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 44 | Chapter Forty-Four - Don't Quit Your Day Job | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 43 | Chapter Forty-Three - Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 42 | Chapter Forty-Two - What Shall We Do with a Drunken Spacer? | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 41 | Chapter Forty-One - A Death in the Family | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 40 | Chapter Forty - The Emperor's Punishment | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 39 | Chapter Thirty-Nine - Holy Sick Divine Nights | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 38 | Chapter Thirty-Eight - Fighting Fire With Fire | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 37 | Chapter Thirty-Seven - All Of Us Pirates Would Have Been Martyrs, Part II | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 36 | Chapter Thirty-Six - The Past Is Not a Home You Can Go Back To | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 35 | Chapter Thirty-Five - An Appearance Meant Not to Deceive but to Inform | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 34 | Chapter Thirty-Four - Trial by Comparison | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 33 | Chapter Thirty-Three - The Good Captain | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 32 | Chapter Thirty-Two - The Marquis | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 31 | Chapter Thirty-One - The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 30 | Chapter Thirty - Shock and Awe | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 29 | Chapter Twenty-Nine - The Dead on Culloden's Field | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 28 | Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Cool Darkness Underground | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 27 | Chapter Twenty-Seven - Scrubbing the Walls of Chauvet Cave | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 26 | Chapter Twenty-Six - That Which Will Never Be Forgiven | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 25 | Chapter Twenty-Five - Abandon Ship / Abandon Hope | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 24 | Chapter Twenty-Four - The Flame Which Casts a Long Shadow | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 23 | Chapter Twenty-Three - A Song in the Dark | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 22 | Chapter Twenty-Two - An Assignment and a Social Visit | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 21 | Chapter Twenty-One - Just Two Slow Dancers | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 20 | Chapter Twenty - The Weapon Concealed in Silk | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 19 | Chapter Nineteen - A Return to the City | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 18 | Chapter Eighteen - Debrief and Disrobe | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 17 | Chapter Seventeen - A Tamed Bear Still Has Claws | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 16 | Chapter Sixteen - All Of Us Pirates Would Have Been Martyrs, Part I | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 15 | Chapter Fifteen - A Simple Prayer of Delicate Design | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 14 | Chapter Fourteen - Far Away Secrets Are Easy to Keep | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 13 | Chapter Thirteen - Dinner Date | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 12 | Chapter Twelve - The Refugee | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 11 | Chapter Eleven - Meeting the Tamed Bear | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 10 | Chapter Ten - Deafman Glance | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 9 | Chapter Nine - Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 8 | Chapter Eight - Claddagh | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 7 | Chapter Seven - Breakfast of Champions | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 6 | Chapter Six - Our Father, Who Art Thou? | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 5 | Chapter Five - A Home Among the Stars | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 4 | Chapter Four - Summer Plans | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 3 | Chapter Three - The Interview | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 2 | Chapter Two - Images and their Meanings | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 1 | Chapter One - Midnight's Shining Stars | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 3 | The Home of the Past - Part Three | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 3 | Bonus chapter: Kino, Part Three - Emerri | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 2 | Bonus chapter: Kino, Part Two - Hanathue | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 2 | The Home of the Past - Part Two | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 1 | The Home of the Past - Part One | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 1 | Bonus Chapter: Kino, Part One - Falmar | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | 1 | (Reference Chart / Table of Contents) Part One: New Creatures With New Hearts | RoyalRoadL | |
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | Interlude: The Book of Secrets | RoyalRoadL | ||
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | (Abridgment Guide) Act One: New Creatures with New Hearts | RoyalRoadL | ||
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | Song of the Stranger, Part II | RoyalRoadL | ||
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | Bonus Chapter - What Yan Wrote | RoyalRoadL | ||
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In the Shadow of Heaven [ORIGINAL VERSION] | (Reading/Abridgement Guide) Act Two: The Realms of the Unreal | RoyalRoadL | ||