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Chapter VI: In Which We Are Reunited with Some Old Friends, and Keep a Close Watch on Our Wallets

Chapter VII: In Which We Have a Musical Interlude

Chapter VIII: In Which the Forces of Law and Order Encounter the Forces of Lawlessness and Disorder

Chapter IX: In Which Clever Disguises Are Adopted

Chapter X: In Which We Pay a Brief Visit to Hell

Chapter XI: In Which We Learn Why People Should Just Call Their Children Simple Names Like Jane or John—Especially John, Which Is a Very Good Name. Manly. Heroic, Even.

Chapter XII: In Which Invitations Are Received

Chapter XIII: In Which We Learn That Hilary Mould May Have Been Even Odder Than First Suspected

Chapter XIV: In Which the Worst Date in the History of Dating Begins

Chapter XV: In Which Brian the Tea Boy Really Wishes That He Had Found Himself a Safer Job, like Hand-Feeding Great White Sharks, or Juggling Scorpions

Chapter XVI: In Which a Scientist Tries to Be Cleverer than Maria, and Fails

Chapter XVII: In Which BoyStarz Return to the Limelight, Thus Making a Bad Situation Worse

Chapter XVIII: In Which Maria Explains Things to the Scientists

Chapter XIX: In Which Wreckit & Sons Reopens, and There Is Much Joy and Good Cheer. (Part of This Chapter Heading May Be a Lie.)

Chapter XX: In Which History Comes Alive

Chapter XXI: In Which the Dwarfs Make a New Friend. Sort of.

Chapter XXII: In Which All Threats Begin with the Letter
E

Chapter XXIII: In Which the Cracks in the Relationship Between Samuel and Lucy Become Greater

Chapter XXIV: In Which Nurd and Wormwood Plan a Great Escape

Chapter XXV: In Which Battle Commences

Chapter XXVI: In Which Constable Peel Is Reduced to Tears of Unhappiness

Chapter XXVII: In Which Dorothy Seems Slightly Confused

Chapter XVIII: In Which Crudford Proves to Be the Smartest Gelatinous Blob in the Room

Chapter XXIX: In Which Efforts Are Made to Console Constable Peel

Chapter XXX: In Which Help Arrives, Wearing a Very Fetching Hat

Chapter XXXI: In Which the Funniness of Clowns Is Doubted

Chapter XXXII: In Which We Learn That If One Can’t Go Through Something, and One Can’t Go over It, or Around It, Then There’s Only One Way Left to Go

Chapter XXXIII: In Which Spiggit’s Plays an Important Role

Chapter XXXIV: In Which the Great Size of the Multiverse Is Revealed

Chapter XXXV: In Which We End on a Cliffhanger

Chapter XXXVI: In Which Mrs. Abernathy’s Identity Is Revealed

Chapter XXXVII: In Which Mrs. Abernathy Finally Gets Her Just Deserts

Chapter XXXVIII: In Which There Is a Parting of the Ways

Chapter XXXIX: In Which We Step Forward in Time

Acknowledgments

About John Connolly

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