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Trouble in Babylon. Time is running out, and nothing to do but a desperate last strike.

Daniel Lang having resigned after his failure aboard the Queen of the Seas bears good fruit, as he kills a would-be tyrant.

The horrors of a city under siege

The Olympics. The idea of leaving your enemy a way out, an honorable surrender, to avoid endless cycles of slaughter -- a novel concept to the ancients.

A suspect identified, but amateur investigation tips him off. The use of a drug to bring forth the personified subconscious -- echoes of Julian Jaynes' bicameral mind and the right brain speaking as a god.

A swift and decisive battle -- but the downtimers are coming to learn the value of modern weaponry fast, and soon the overwhelming advantage will end.

The struggle over minimum wages, competition with slave labor in countries for which slavery is Just Part Of Life, and problems of labor retention.

The navy of New America begins to take form, even as young Phillip continues to find ways to cope with his ASD, including the use of weed as a calming agent.

The navy of New America begins to take form, even as young Phillip continues to find ways to cope with his ASD, including the use of weed as a calming agent.

The navy of New America begins to take form, even as young Phillip continues to find ways to cope with his ASD, including the use of weed as a calming agent.

A wealthy man who'd been enslaved, redeemed, then disowned by his own family for freeing his own slaves has thrown his lot in with New America and the ship people, whose technology makes possible the end of slavery. Yet again, Lincoln freed the slaves because Watt made it possible.

Building the ancient world's first specialized oil tanker -- and a system of regular contracts to ensure it'll pay back the necessary investments.

Politician Anne Comfort is a perfect illustration of how closely the "woke" mindset is to the Puritans. The rationales for the objections may be different, but they both want to get rid of a lot of the same things. Except the "woke" has no Irresistible Grace to counterbalance Absolute Depravity.

Political wrangling with Egypt, related to control of potential bases in the Red Sea. Egypt is trying to extend its influence beyond its current bounds while rules-lawyering limitations of individual USSE members.

The investigation of the poisoning continues, and Olympia is infuriated that public opinion regards it as her deed -- and a failure.