Table of Contents
Prologue
PART I
Chapter One
Grolanhei, Province of Affrankon, 12 Safar, 1527 AH (23 March, 2103)
Imperial Military Academy, West Point, New York, 26 March, 2106
Grolanhei, Province of Affrankon, 2 Shawwal, 1530 AH (1 October, 2106)
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 9 April, 2003
Chapter Two
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 16 April, 2003
Chapter Three
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 11 January, 2004
Chapter Four
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 16 January, 2004
Chapter Five
Interlude
Erfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, 1 February, 2005
Chapter Six
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 13 February, 2005
Church of St. Vinzenz, Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Georgia, 5 March, 2005
Chapter Seven
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 7 April, 2005
Chapter Eight
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1 October, 2005
Chapter Nine
Excursus
PART II
Chapter Ten
Cape Town, South Africa, 14 October, 2113
KHR House, Swartland, Western Cape Province, Boer Republic of South Africa, 14 October, 2113
Slave Pen Number Five, KHR House Holding Facility, Cape Town, South Africa, 17 October, 2113
Slave Pen Number Five, KHR House Holding Facility, Cape Town, South Africa, 19 October, 2113
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 11 November, 2005
Chapter Eleven
Interlude
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 30 June, 2006
Chapter Twelve
Interlude
Grosslangheim, Federal Republic of Germany, 4 July, 2006
Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 6 September, 2007
Chapter Thirteen
Interlude
Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1 December, 2011
Chapter Fourteen
Interlude
Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 11 September, 2015
Chapter Fifteen
Interlude
Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 11 September, 2016
9 November, 2016
1 September, 2019
Chapter Sixteen
Interlude
Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 17 October, 2021
Chapter Seventeen
Interlude
Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 10 July, 2022
Chapter Eighteen
Interlude
Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany,
Chapter Nineteen
Interlude
Grosslangheim, Federal Republic of Germany, 1 October, 2022
American Consulate, Zurich, Switzerland, 5 March, 2024
Chapter Twenty
Epilogue
Afterword
GLOSSARY
Acknowledgments
CALIPHATE
Tom Kratman
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Prologue
Hidden in the grass, the hare froze as the shadow passed over it. Even with its little brain, still it knew that the shadow was not just some passing puff of cloud. It was too small, too quick, too purposeful. And, too, something in the half-seen glimpse of the dark outline undulating over the uneven ground told of a raptor soaring above.
The hare was a naturally shy and timid creature, rarely venturing out into the meadows and pastures that covered the land. But this was spring. Instinct told the animal to find a mate. Instinct ruled. It could hardly help itself from gamboling about in search of a female.
It had found one, too, or thought it had. When he'd approached, though, the female had slapped him repeatedly to drive him away. Either she didn't want him for a mate or she wasn't quite ready yet. No matter to the hare, it would hang around until the female was in a more accommodating and receptive frame of mind. He could still smell her; she wasn't far. Time, it had seemed, was on his side.
But there was that shadow overhead.
