CONTENTS

BOOK THE FIRST
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I. The Fires of St. John[3]
II. The Weaving of the Spell[13]
III. The Dream Lady of Avalon[20]
IV. The Way of the Cross[30]
V. On the Aventine[38]
VI. The Coup[46]
VII. Masks and Mummers[60]
VIII. The Shrine of Hekaté[67]
IX. The Game of Love[79]
X. A Spirit Pageant[90]
XI. The Denunciation[97]
XII. The Confession[102]
BOOK THE SECOND
I. The Grand Chamberlain [115]
II. The Call of Eblis [128]
III. The Crystal Sphere [134]
IV. Persephoné [146]
V. Magic Glooms [152]
VI. The Lure of the Abyss [160]
VII. The Face in the Panel [167]
VIII. The Shadow of Asrael[173]
IX. The Feast of Theodora [187]
X. The Chalice of Oblivion [204]
BOOK THE THIRD
I. Wolfsbane [221]
II. Under the Saffron Scarf [230]
III. Dark Plottings [240]
IV. Face to Face [250]
V. The Cressets of Doom [259]
VI. A Meeting of Ghosts [269]
VII. A Bower of Eden [279]
VIII. An Italian Night[289]
IX. The Net of the Fowler [299]
X. Devil Worship [307]
XI. By Lethe's Shores [314]
XII. The Death Watch [323]
XIII. The Convent in Trastevere[335]
XIV. The Phantom of the Lateran [341]
BOOK THE FOURTH
I. The Return of the Moor [351]
II. The Escape from San Angelo [356]
III. The Lure [367]
IV. A Lying Oracle [377]
V. Bitter Waters [384]
VI. From Dream to Dream [389]
VII. A Roman Medea [402]
VIII. In Tenebris[413]
IX. The Conspiracy [419]
X. The Broken Spell [427]
XI. The Black Mass [440]
XII. Sunrise [453]