Chapter 8 - Just a Small Bite
Few outside the industry realized that corporations had already begun harvesting vast quantities of personal data with plans to unleash targeted psychological warfare campaigns (that's what they told the sheep, anyway).
Elements
Chapter 7 - One Night in New Orleans
Sometimes the pain of the world — of friends and family seems as far away as the stars and other times it feels like a breath on my cheek , that with the next inhale I will be thrown over the edge of sanity into a dark forest full of monsters I will recognize.
Chapter 6- The Sharp Edge of Reality
Sunday, February 6, 1994
Tom seemed in good spirits this morning as he cooked them breakfast, but his chatter was manic, too bright, too forced. Sara recognized the performance. She wondered if he was desperately trying to keep the conversation moving, steering it away from the weekend discoveries that had
Chapter 5 - A Series of Approximations
I have never believed in the possibility of exactness. There are no straight lines in nature therefore only by a series of approximations do we perceive truth. — Stan Hall, 1976
Chapter 4 - In Memory of the Year 1994
Sara's words were the confessions of someone who had seen something that shattered her reality. The references to "visions of monsters," the ability to "see into the deep soul," Jon's "creature" emerging—it all connected to what Jax had described in Chicago.
Chapter 3 – Nothing As It Seems
Catherine sank into the gray modern sofa. It was too hard for her liking, not soft and comfortable like hers at home. She took a long sip of the scotch and closed her eyes for a moment, preparing herself for something she couldn't name but knew would change everything.
Chapter 2 - Strange Things
Sara had provided hints over the years about things she was involved with, but every time Catherine tried to dig deeper, Sara would change the subject or provide some cryptic answer. And as the years passed, her answers became even more evasive.