The nine-part Prologue is unusually long and complex. Let's skip past that and just consider Chapters I-IV.
In novels, characters interact, sometimes in overt conflict but often just in conversation. They impart plot information to each other and thus to their readers.
I
David Falkayn explains to his wife, Coya, why Nicholas van Rijn is sending him, Adzel and Chee Lan to Babur.
Adzel and Chee Lan discuss this mission and the latter summarizes the plot of "Esau" to the former.
II
Sandra Tamarin discusses the Mirkheim crisis with her and van Rijn's son, Eric.
Sandra receives an offer from Supermetals representative, Captain Nadi, who summarizes the plot of "Lodestar" to her.
III
The leaders of the three main groups in the Polesotechnic League discuss the crisis but without resolution.
IV
Falkayn and his crew embark on their mission and I go to bed after a long day trip to Northumberland and back. (Sorry for the sudden wrench from a fictional universe to the world of one of its readers.)
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Complex indeed! I was reminded of how skillfully Tolkien handled the complexities of the chapter called "The Council of Elrond" in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, with its multiple narrators, including narrators quoted by the former. It could so easily had been a hopeless, shapeless mess!
Hope this uploads.
Ad astra! Sean
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