Titans of Chaos

Other Tor Books By John C. Wright:

The Golden Age

Phoenix Exultant

The Golden Transcendence

The Last Guardian of Everness

Mists of Everness

Orphans of Chaos

Fugitives of Chaos

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novelare either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

TITANS OF CHAOS

Copyright © 2007 by John C. Wright

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-5560-7 ISBN-10: 0-7653-5560-

First Edition: April

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Acknowledgments

The fragment used of the "Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo" is the translation by Hugh G.

Evelyn-White, based on the edition of T. W. Allen.

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Dramatis Personae

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The Students:

(Primus) Victor Invictus Triumph • Damnameneus of the Telchine(Secunda) Amelia Armstrong Windrose • Phaethusa,Daughter of Helios and Neaera of Myriagon(Tertia) Vanity Bonfire Fair • Nausicaa, Daughter of Alcinuous and Arete(Quartinus) Colin Iblis mac FirBolg • Phobetor, son of Morpheus and NepentheQuentin Nemo • Eidotheia, child of Proteus and the Graeae

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The Staff:

Headmaster Reginald Boggin • Boreas, of the North Wind

Dr. Ananias Fell • Telemus, Cyclopes

Mrs. Jenny Wren • Erichtho the Witch

Miss Christabel Daw • Thelxiepia the Siren

Grendel Glum • Grendel, son of Echidna

Dr. Miles Drinkwater • Mestor of Atlantis

Taffy ap Cymru • Laverna, Lady of Fraud

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The Olympians

Lord Terminus • Zeus

The Great Queen, Lady Basilissa • Hera

Lord Pelagaeus, also called the Earthshaker • Poseidon

The Grain Mother • Demeter

Lord Dis, also called the Unseen One • Hades

The Maiden, also called Kore • Proserpine

Phoebus the Bright God, also called the Destroyer • Apollo

Phoebe, also called the Huntress • Artemis

Lord Mavors • Ares

Lady Cyprian • Aphrodite

Trismegistus • Hermes

Tritogenia, also called Lady Wisdom • Athena

Mulciber • Hephaestus

Lady Hestia

Lord Anacreon, also called Lord Vintner and the Vine God • Dionysus

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Of the Four Houses of Chaos