The Fire

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Katherine Neville. The Fire

The Fire. Katherine Neville

Table of Contents

Prologues

End Game

PART ONE Albedo

The White Land

The Black Land

The Pit

Black and White

The Charcoal Burners

The King’s Indian Defense

The Vessel

A Closed Position

The Veil

The Hearth

PART TWO Nigredo

The Return

The Chef

Tactics and Strategy

The Pyramid

The Queen Advances

The Middle Game

Two Women

Recalled to Life

The Key

Too Many Queens

The Four Seasons

PART THREE Rubedo

Fire in the Head

Jihad

The Question

The Original Instructions

The Ashes

The Flag

The Flight

The Cauldron

Ring of Fire

Shock and Awe

Return of the Eight

City of Fire

The Book of Balance

Publishing Note

Acknowledgments

The Fire

Also by Katherine Neville

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Title Page

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This was the well-known Doctrine of the Mürsit – the concept that one must possess not just a shaikh or teacher of the law – but also a mürshid or human guide through the nasip, the initiation, and through the following ‘four gate-ways’ to Reality.

But Kauri thought in confusion, how could anyone imagine such things at this moment, with the Turks perhaps only moments away from the isle? Kauri glanced surreptitiously at Haidée, just beside him.

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