Second Dreamer
Names: Second DreamerTwoAramintaour reclusive friendAuntie AramintagirlieFriend AramintaDreamerMadam DreamerDreamer AramintaAraminta-two
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 2 (1)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 2Ethan is certain a Second Dreamer exists, dreaming the Skylord; Living Dream is searching but thousands of false claimants hinder them.
- Ch 4Waitress at Nik's in Colwyn City with an Advancer heritage; she is struggling financially and took design courses at night.
- Ch 4Woke late this morning and arrived half an hour late to work, annoying Matthew.
- Ch 4Araminta works as a waitress at Nik's restaurant in Colwyn and dreams of buying, renovating and selling property for profit.
- Ch 4She left her family in Langham at twenty-one to marry Laril; the marriage lasted eighteen miserable months, and she cannot go back to Langham.
- Ch 4After the divorce settlement she receives eighty-three thousand Viotia pounds and resolves to start a real life, quitting Nik's but working out the week.
- Ch 4Araminta spends her first night out in years with Jaful, then slips out in the morning and calls her own taxi for the first time.
- Ch 4Araminta works at Nik's, plans to leave, and has been saving to buy her own property; she is not dating anyone.
- Ch 4Araminta decides to buy a two-bedroom flat in Philburgh for fifty-eight thousand after a survey, intending to refurbish it herself within three or four months.
- Ch 6Araminta has gambled everything on renovating a run-down flat herself, on a tight budget using second-hand bots.
- Ch 6Araminta enjoys her new freedom after leaving her marriage and has no intention of returning Keetch's calls or seeing him again.
- Ch 6Araminta is renovating a flat as her first property development project, working with secondhand bots and a secondhand carry capsule on a tight budget.
- Ch 6Araminta has no gaiafield connection, so she cannot sense other people's emotions.
- Ch 6Araminta left her whole family behind to marry Laril, and she privately feels she was not suited to two centuries of selling agricultural cybernetics.
- Ch 8Araminta sold a renovated flat to Shelly for a forty K profit and bought the whole fourth floor of a Bodant apartment block, five apartments, on a bank loan.
- Ch 8Araminta is young, a first life, divorced, and is renovating an apartment building with five apartments while living in it.
- Ch 8Araminta has no gaiamotes, which Mr Bovey finds interesting, since he expected to feel more of a merger with her through the gaiafield.
- Ch 8During the night Araminta dreamed of flying as a vast creature through a nebula, a vivid dream that seems to come from elsewhere.
- Ch 8Araminta agrees to another night with Mr Bovey, going to the Broadway Empire play and then back to his bed.
- Ch 8Her ex-husband is currently migrating inwards, going Higher.
- Ch 10Araminta refurbishes and sells apartments on Viotia and needs a client deposit on apartment three; she has no gaiamotes.
- Ch 10The Second Dreamer has not been found despite Ethan's great effort; Paula thinks this person will shape the Pilgrimage's outcome.
- Ch 10Araminta sells apartments on Viotia and lacks gaiamotes, so she cannot access the gaiafield; she knows little of the Waterwalker story.
- Ch 10Araminta is upset to find Josill at Mr Bovey's house, but agrees to think seriously about becoming multiple and marrying him.
- Ch 10The Second Dreamer's dreams are becoming more substantial as the ships are built, and he has not revealed himself; his current dream shows a Skylord.
- Ch 10The Second Dreamer is crucial to Pilgrimage, as he must ask the Skylords for guidance through the barrier to Querencia; he does not yet know his role.
- Ch 10Living Dream believes the Second Dreamer issues dreams in real time on Viotia; a faint post-coital pleasure appears at the end of each dream.
- Ch 12Araminta is a one-woman property developer who attends Likan's lecture seeking advice on expanding her business.
- Ch 12Araminta is a multiple; her youngest self, Bovey, is a biological fourteen-year-old who hates politicians and billionaires.
- Ch 12Araminta is an ambitious businesswoman, recently single after her arrangement with Bovey, visiting Likan's estate on Suvorov for a weekend.
- Ch 12Araminta intends to learn from Likan's business success and to experiment sexually, viewing the weekend as a win-win last fling.
- Ch 12Araminta is a young property developer from Colwyn City, divorced, hungry and ambitious; she asks for the Colwyn City franchise for Likan's new house design.
- Ch 12Araminta agrees to take time to consider Likan's proposal and stays to experience the harem's life.
- Ch 12Araminta runs Likan's mind-focusing program, which heightens physical sensation, and has a spectacular first night with him and his harem.
- Ch 12Araminta dreams of drifting above a strange planet until a smothering dark force tries to steal her soul; she wakes shouting defiance.
- Ch 12The Second Dreamer's dark will blocks the Dream Masters from the Skylord, declaring 'I am me', and Ethan is struck unconscious by agony.
- Ch 12Araminta realizes, by reviewing her memories, that some of Likan's wives are psychoneurally profiled, and leaves his house in dismay at dawn.
- Ch 12Araminta suspects a powerful man's wives are psychoneural profiled slaves, after sleeping with him; Cressida persuades her not to go to the police.
- Ch 12Araminta has no gaiamotes and is considering going multiple; Mr Bovey has proposed marriage to her once she does.
- Ch 12Araminta had a dream of being a huge creature over a planet, which was the Second Dreamer's dream of the Skylord over Querencia.
- Ch 14Many believe the Second Dreamer is on Viotia, and several ANA Factions and Living Dream are hunting for him.
- Ch 14Araminta accepts Mr Bovey's offer to become an expander, though she is unsure how to proceed and needs money to buy bodies.
- Ch 14Araminta accepts Mr Bovey's proposal and decides to become multiple, though she is apprehensive about the upheaval ahead.
- Ch 14Using Likan's program, Araminta sleeps without aerosols, confirms it has no hidden expiry key, and finds her body more responsive.
- Ch 14Araminta recognizes the gaiafield and the Silfen Motherholme connection, then contacts the Skylord, who answers her.
- Ch 14The Second Dreamer refused the Skylord's offer to guide others into the Void, saying it is too dangerous. He is located in Colwyn City on Viotia.
- Ch 14The Second Dreamer has just become aware of his ability and rejected the Skylord; Ethan's side wants to confine him within Colwyn City.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 1The Second Dreamer told his Skylord friend he would not lead anyone into the Void, apparently triggering the expansion; he has said nothing since.
- Ch 1Living Dream does not know exactly where in Colwyn City the Second Dreamer is, so they are sealing the city's traffic.
- Ch 1Araminta is the Second Dreamer, but she refused the Skylord's offer and resolved never to contact it again or tell anyone.
- Ch 1Araminta plans to marry Mr. Bovey, become multiple, and keep working on her apartment development.
- Ch 1Araminta fears the invasion is happening because of her and hides the truth from Mr. Bovey.
- Ch 1Araminta secretly is the Second Dreamer, and she leaves Mr. Bovey without confessing, to avoid dragging him into danger.
- Ch 1She rides a trike pod across Colwyn City past Living Dream paramilitary checkpoints unnoticed and returns to her Bodant apartments.
- Ch 1She plans to look up her ancestor Mellanie, whom she blames for her troubles, once back at the apartments.
- Ch 3Araminta is the Second Dreamer, hiding in her apartment in Colwyn City, tormented by guilt over the Void's devourment phase and unsure how to contact the Skylord safely.
- Ch 3Araminta fears she has put the entire galaxy in peril by speaking to the Skylord, which triggered the Void devourment phase.
- Ch 3Using Likan's program, Araminta slips into the gaiafield and speaks with Ethan and a Skylord, apparently persuading the Skylord to open the Void boundary for Justine.
- Ch 3Araminta hides in Danal's apartment during the chase, fearing Living Dream could locate her through the gaiafield; she wants to protect Mr. Bovey from the paramilitaries.
- Ch 3Araminta is a young woman who owns the apartment block in the Bodant district and is sheltered by Mr. Bovey; she slept after the chase.
- Ch 3The Second Dreamer was hiding in Danal's apartment, a location the welcome team did not expect, and escaped before it was raided.
- Ch 3Araminta hid inside the hot water tank in apartment four, which she was refurbishing, to evade the welcome team's search.
- Ch 3After the troops left, Araminta emerged from hiding, kept off the unisphere to avoid detection, and powered a kettle from a bot's cell.
- Ch 5Araminta had spent a weekend with Likan and was recently divorced; her husband is on Oaktier.
- Ch 5Araminta hid in the apartment block and disconnected her u-shadow from the unisphere.
- Ch 5Araminta escapes the cordoned block through a waste-pipe hole, a fence and alleys, disguised in an old jacket, and walks away unchallenged.
- Ch 5The Second Dreamer communed with a Skylord, and Justine's ship passing the barrier boosted Living Dream's credibility.
- Ch 5Araminta has walked miles from Bodant to Tandra's home, hiding from trouble; she lies to Martyn that she has no boyfriend and plans to leave in the morning.
- Ch 5Araminta plans to call someone the next day for help and feels the household is an oasis of normality amid outside madness.
- Ch 8Araminta is the Second Dreamer, a Viotia native who has so far evaded both Living Dream's welcome team and Oscar's team.
- Ch 8Araminta disguises herself with Tandra's makeup scales, lenses and hair dye before leaving Tandra's home to avoid being found.
- Ch 8Araminta tells Tandra to tell the complete truth to anyone asking about her, because people have already been asking at Nik's.
- Ch 8Araminta breaks into Laril's abandoned Spanish Crepes office and sets up an untraceable unisphere link not tied to her u-shadow.
- Ch 8Araminta tells Laril she is the Second Dreamer.
- Ch 8Araminta is the Second Dreamer, has newly learned ancestry linking her to Mellanie Rescorai, and refuses to lead a Pilgrimage into the Void.
- Ch 8Araminta is being hunted by Ellezelin's police and others, and believes the Skylord can track her through the gaiafield.
- Ch 11Araminta watches Ellezelin troopers seize women who look like her, and feels guilty that her homeworld suffers because of her.
- Ch 11Araminta's Silfen heritage lets her perceive the gaiafield clearly, and she spots neutral zones that are Living Dream traps tethered to confluence nests.
- Ch 11Araminta contacts the Skylord, which again says it will guide her to the nucleus only once she has reached fulfillment.
- Ch 11Araminta decides she must escape Colwyn City, since getting beyond Living Dream's reach is the only way to stop them using her.
- Ch 11Araminta considers asking Laril to find a faction opposed to the Pilgrimage, or using Cressida's Silfen path in Francola Wood.
- Ch 11Araminta watches her apartment block burn during the riot and loses everything she owns, blaming herself, the invaders and Ethan.
- Ch 11A mysterious gaiafield voice warns her to leave the park; Living Dream followers recognise her as the Second Dreamer chosen by the Skylord.
- Ch 11Araminta escaped the Bodant Park battle with no enrichments, helped by a team of Knights Guardian.
- Ch 11Her angry, dismissive mental cry resonated through the gaiafield; she evaded Living Dream's agents in Bodant Park.
- Ch 11The Araminta replica lacks gaiamotes; how the real Araminta connects to the gaiafield is a mystery to the Accelerators.
- Ch 11Araminta escapes Colwyn City through a hidden alien path in the forest by the force field, sensing it through the Silfen Motherholme.
- Ch 11Araminta wants to know who Oscar Monroe is and why he helps her; she avoids the unisphere for safety.
- Ch 11Araminta emerges on a mountainside on an alien world with four moons, one of blue crystal, and laughs with joy at her liberation.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 1Fled Colwyn City by the Silfen paths, underprepared in thin boots and fleece; she crosses a cold river and recalls Laril's advice to figure out what she wants.
- Ch 1Araminta is alone and hungry after leaving a rainy alien valley, with no emergency help within light-years, and she fears starving.
- Ch 1She can sense Silfen paths through the gaiafield and follows them, and she has strong Advancer heritage that helps her tolerate alien vegetation.
- Ch 1In the desert oasis she improvised wooden flagons, a bark hat, a basket and baked edible eggs using her tool belt, laser and a fire.
- Ch 1She resolves to contact Oscar Monroe, reasoning that ANA could offer sanctuary, since many parties hunt her and Laril is out of his depth.
- Ch 1She wants Living Dream defeated and hopes to become Mrs. Bovey and fade into obscurity; she avoids the gaiafield to avoid Living Dream.
- Ch 1She uses Cressida's self-reliance as a model, and the thought of her stops Araminta from giving in to self-pity or joining the Silfen.
- Ch 1Araminta arrives exhausted and with badly blistered feet at Miledeep Water, a lakeside town in a crater oasis, after a long walk along a Silfen path.
- Ch 1Araminta is a Natural human without a u-shadow, and she is unsure how long she has been away from the Commonwealth.
- Ch 1Araminta books room 12 at the SideStar Motel for a week and falls asleep immediately without tending her feet.
- Ch 1Araminta told Tandra she was frightened of the crowd in Bodant Park and said she had walked to Tandra's home.
- Ch 3Araminta bought hiking gear, clothes and medical supplies in Miledeep Water, planning to be able to walk anywhere; she sees the town only as a way station.
- Ch 3Araminta realizes only about fifteen hours passed since she entered Francola Wood, though she walked for days; the Silfen paths seem to distort time.
- Ch 3Araminta concludes the Silfen will not let her use their paths and worlds as a refuge; she must face her situation herself.
- Ch 3Araminta no longer needs Likan's melange program to reach the calm alert state needed for serious gaiafield interaction.
- Ch 3Araminta is missing her u-shadow, which would have sorted her search for Oscar Monroe instantly.
- Ch 3Araminta slips into local confluence nests to experience Edeard's life through Inigo's dreams, here a morning with Jessile in Makkathran.
- Ch 3Araminta is located on Chobamba, over six hundred light-years from where she was sixteen hours earlier, sharing Inigo's dreams in a rapid linear run-through.
- Ch 5Araminta is the critical factor: Ilanthe and Living Dream can enter the Void only with her help, which would be coerced once they find her.
- Ch 5After a Living Dream dream, Araminta realises the Void offers wish-fulfilment funded by consuming the galaxy, and firmly refuses to ask the Skylord to take her in.
- Ch 5Araminta is warned by Paula's message that Living Dream knows she is on Chobamba, and she flees at once into the desert.
- Ch 5Araminta buys Ranto's primitive three-wheeled manual bike for five thousand Chobamba francs to reach the path in the desert quickly.
- Ch 5Araminta is a Dreamer, descended five generations from Mellanie Rescorai; she dreams of Edeard through Inigo's dreams and feels a Skylord's thoughts.
- Ch 5Araminta escapes pursuers from Miledeep Water on a bike, riding onto a Silfen path where the bike loses all power.
- Ch 5She resolves that her running is over and decides to find people opposed to the Pilgrimage and take a stand with them.
- Ch 5She avoids the gaiafield, fearing Living Dream could find her through it, and reaches out instead to the Silfen community.
- Ch 5Araminta is a descendant of Mellanie, which gives her communion with the Silfen and a connection to a Skylord.
- Ch 5Resolves she will not lead Living Dream through the boundary, and agrees to do what she can against the new threat.
- Ch 6Bradley Johansson names Araminta a Friend of Silfen and gives her a pendant.
- Ch 6Araminta is told to seek Ozzie, who is outside the Commonwealth, and that Oscar can probably take her there.
- Ch 6Araminta used the melange program to calm herself and reshape the path's ending so it brought her to Bovey's home instead of the waiting agents.
- Ch 6Araminta believes ANA has gone and that nobody can stop Living Dream and the Accelerators, so it is down to her.
- Ch 8Araminta publicly emerges as the Dreamer, using the Skylord's power to calm a mob and overawe the Ellezelin troops.
- Ch 8Araminta uses Ranalee's mind-changing technique to drain the hatred from the man who punched Mareble.
- Ch 8Privately she tells herself she must be an unstoppable force as promised to Bradley, and calls her reassurance that all is well a grand lie.
- Ch 8She promises to lead the faithful on Pilgrimage once the ships are ready and says she will order an inquiry into Phelim's part in the invasion.
- Ch 8Araminta walks into Makkathran2 as the self-proclaimed Dreamer, broadcasting her senses and emotions to billions through the gaiafield, and publicly pledges to lead the Pilgrimage into the Void.
- Ch 8Araminta's white robes are sewn from the lining of Mr. Bovey's semiorganic curtains.
- Ch 8Araminta plans to supplant Ethan by showing greater ability and determination than he has; privately she expects eventually to betray her followers' trust.
- Ch 8Araminta insists on keeping her life shared with the gaiafield until the Void, and ends the Clerics' secrecy and violence.
- Ch 8Araminta tells Ilanthe the Void will obliterate her, and says she is twinned with the Skylords and will expose Ilanthe if necessary.
- Ch 8Araminta has been named a Friend of the Silfen and has surprised everyone by supporting the Pilgrimage.
- Ch 12Araminta is the Dreamer of Living Dream; she gifts her senses to the gaiafield, adored by followers and loathed by billions who see her as evil for triggering the Void event.
- Ch 12Araminta lives in the Orchard Palace state rooms, kept under guard, and wears a belt modified with a force field generator.
- Ch 12Araminta wears a pendant giving a link to the Silfen Motherholme, which reassures her that she is not entirely alone.
- Ch 12Araminta intends to use Rincenso's eagerness for favor to expose colleagues who doubt or scheme against her.
- Ch 12Araminta frees Likan and has his three victims, whose psychoneural profiling he imposed, treated in womb-tanks so they can make their own choices again.
- Ch 12Araminta is publicly the Dreamer of Living Dream, but secretly plans to stop the Pilgrimage and hides her true intentions from Ethan.
- Ch 12Araminta is appalled that many Living Dream followers lacked biononics or memorycells and died in the radiation downspill.
- Ch 12Araminta believes the Void will defeat Ilanthe and told Ilanthe so; she tried to sense Ilanthe's thoughts without success.
- Ch 14Araminta contacted Oscar through his ultrasecure onetime contact code, asking him to meet at a restaurant on Daryad Avenue in fifteen minutes.
- Ch 14Live feeds show Araminta standing alone on the observation deck of the Lady's Light as the Pilgrimage fleet prepares to launch.
- Ch 14Araminta-two is a second Araminta body, borrowed from one of her fiancé bodies; she says she is starting to go multiple.
- Ch 14Araminta-two lacks biononics, and proved she was real by letting Tomansio watch through the Dreamer's view from the Lady's Light.
- Ch 14Araminta, as the Dreamer, leads the Pilgrimage aboard the Lady's Light as it launches from Ellezelin toward the Void; becoming the Dreamer is a diversion.
- Ch 14Araminta will not slaughter the 24 million Pilgrims; if they reach the Void boundary she will have the Skylord open the way.
- Ch 14Araminta talks to a Skylord and can reach the Void in a way Inigo has not tried.
- Ch 16Araminta-two is a Natural man who has come to help stop the Pilgrimage and can speak to the Skylords.
- Ch 18She stays on the Lady's Light observation deck during the Pilgrimage, sharing her view of hyperspace with billions of followers through the gaiafield.
- Ch 18She tells Ethan she will keep her word to lead the Pilgrimage into the Void but will not deny entry to anyone seeking fulfillment.
- Ch 18She admits to being 'many' when Ethan asks, and names Ilanthe the serpent who lies.
- Ch 18Araminta-two, aboard Mellanie's Redemption, shares the Lady's Light confrontation through the gaiafield; Inigo supports him and Corrie-Lyn kisses him afterward.
- Ch 18He was most affected by abandoning Cheriton to the Cat, weeping as the ship fled.
- Ch 18Araminta-two is the Second Dreamer, in contact with the Skylord, and speaks to the Raiel and Skylord on the group's behalf.
- Ch 18Araminta-two refuses suspension because he fears that, if his other self is attacked with brain infiltrators, he would have no refuge.
- Ch 18Araminta-two is conscious on both sides of the Void boundary and experiences two different time speeds, feeling torn in two.
- Ch 20Araminta used her third hand and Void abilities to throw Ethan across the room when he drew a concealed pistol, then dominated his mind to make him love and trust her.
- Ch 20Araminta-two is a second Araminta aboard Mellanie's Redemption, linked to the Araminta on the Lady's Light, who vomited after Araminta's cruelty to Ethan.
- Ch 20Araminta-two says she never needed the fleet and only promised to get it through the barrier, but agrees to ask the Skylords to guide it to Querencia.
- Ch 20Araminta-two is a male-bodied Dreamer dressed femininely; his third hand is stronger than Aaron's, and Aaron made him practise his abilities.
- Ch 21Araminta returns to Mr. Bovey with fifteen copies of herself, returns his borrowed body, and seduces him with her multiples.
Connections
- member ofNik'sworks as waitress
- family ofCressidacousin on her mother's side; also her lawyer
- partner ofLarilex-husband
- led byMatthewher manager at Nik's
- partner ofJafulone-night stand
- friend ofTandraco-worker
- family ofLarilex-husband
- friend ofCressida
- partner ofMr Bovey
- related toMr BoveyBovey is one of her multiple bodies/selves
- partner ofLikan
- family ofMellanie Rescoraiancestor
- ally ofLarilloyal but out of his depth
- enemy ofEllezelinseizing women who resemble her
- ally ofOscar Monroe
- enemy ofLiving DreamThey seek to capture and use her as their Second Dreamer
- friend ofLariladvising her
- leadsLiving Dreamnow claims leadership as the Dreamer
- ally ofCaptain Darraklan
- enemy ofIlanthe
- has memberCaptain Darraklanchief of staff serving her
- enemy ofLikan
- ally ofSkylord
- has memberTaranseloyal follower of the Dreamer
- has memberRincensoloyal follower of the Dreamer
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 2Assassination attempt on Corrie-Lyn
Captain Manby's squad ambushes Corrie-Lyn and Aaron; Aaron kills all three, then tells her Ethan wants her dead and offers protection.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Araminta's late morning at Nik's
Araminta oversleeps, arrives late to Nik's, and later signs a petition from a woman against ingrav capsules in Colwyn City.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Divorce settlement won
Cressida tells Araminta that Laril has fled the planet. His remaining assets, after back taxes and fees, leave Araminta eighty-three thousand pounds and freedom from the marriage.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Araminta quits and celebrates
Araminta gives notice at Nik's and unwinds at the Glayfield planning property purchases. She goes to a bar, drinks with Jaful and spends the night with him.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Araminta buys a flat
After virtual tours and a visit, Araminta decides on a flat in Philburgh, surveys it and negotiates a price of fifty-eight thousand.
- Book 1 · Ch 6Araminta's bot fails
The second-hand Candel 8038 bot catches fire while Araminta renovates her flat; Burt Renik refuses responsibility, and she blocks him and loses three days.
- Book 1 · Ch 6Cressida visits the flat
Cressida inspects Araminta's dusty flat and eagerly presses her for details about her night with Keetch.
- Book 1 · Ch 6Araminta meets the multiple Mr Bovey
At Bovey's store Araminta is passed between different bodies of Mr Bovey, learns he is a multiple human, and buys a kitchen and bathroom suite.
- Book 1 · Ch 6Laril calls from Oaktier
Laril tells Araminta he is migrating to Higher culture, apologizes and thanks her; Araminta ends the call feeling closure.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Araminta's development gamble
Araminta finishes Shelly's flat sale, tours her new Bodant block with Cressida, who warns of Living Dream unrest, and starts renovation with Mr Bovey.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Araminta's date with Mr Bovey
Araminta dines with Mr Bovey at Richard's, where they discuss multiples, marriage and Highers, then goes to his house and spends a night of group sex with six of him.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Araminta's nebula dream
During the night Araminta dreams of being a huge creature flying in a nebula, sensing growing minds on a solid world.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Araminta shows apartment to clients
Araminta shows the showcase apartment to devout Living Dream couple Danal and Mareble, who believe the Second Dreamer is on Viotia; she hides that she lacks gaiamotes.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Selling to Living Dream couple
Araminta discusses the apartment with Mareble and Danal, who plan an offer and request natural décor and a proper cooker.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Araminta discovers Josill and receives a proposal
After spending the night with Mr Bovey, Araminta finds Josill at breakfast. He explains his need for other women and proposes marriage with her becoming multiple; she agrees to consider it.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Living Dream Council meeting
Ethan meets Rincenso, Falven and Phelim. They discuss the Skylord, Pilgrimage ship construction due by September, and Phelim's finding that the Second Dreamer is on Viotia.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Ethan proposes incorporating Viotia
Ethan and Phelim persuade Councillors Falven and Rincenso to prepare to bring Viotia into the hierocracy, as a fallback if a direct intervention in the Second Dreamer's next dream fails.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Araminta meets Likan
At Likan's business lecture in Colwyn City, Araminta discusses expanding her property business with him. He invites her for a weekend with his wives, and she accepts.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Araminta arrives at Likan's estate
Araminta flies over Likan's estate and is greeted by Clemance and Marakata, then shown to a shifting bubble room in his ovoid house.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Likan's proposal
Likan explains his risky plan to undercut Ellezelin imports and offers Araminta a place among his wives and in his company; she agrees to consider it.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Dinner and harem night
After preparation by Helenna and Nifran, Araminta attends dinner with the Prime Minister, then joins Likan and his harem in his boudoir, using his mind program.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Dream Masters blocked
Ethan and the Dream Masters try to reach the Skylord and Makkathran but the Second Dreamer's dark force shatters the dream, and Ethan collapses.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Araminta leaves Likan
Araminta realizes some wives are illegally profiled, confronts Likan, who explains his Sheldon obsession; Clemance refuses to leave, and Araminta departs for home.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Oscar welcomed on Far Away
Oscar is greeted with ceremony by the Knights Guardians, sees the Cat's shrine, and asks Tomansio to help find and protect the Second Dreamer; Tomansio agrees and will lead a team.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Cressida reveals Araminta's heritage
At the Salamartin Hotel bar, Cressida explains their descent from Silfen friend Mellanie Rescorai, why Araminta shares the Second Dreamer's dreams, and what the Void means to Living Dream followers.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Araminta accepts Bovey's offer
Araminta tells Mr Bovey she accepts his offer, and he mentions a clinic where she can buy bodies at a discount.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Araminta accepts the engagement
Araminta accepts Mr Bovey's ring, agrees to share the night with several of his bodies, and later uses Likan's program to contact the Skylord in a dream.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Cleric Council moves to claim Viotia
Ethan, recovering, convenes the council. They learn the Second Dreamer is in Colwyn City on Viotia, and Viotia accepts elevation to core status in the Free Trade Zone.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Planning the wormhole and police deployment
Phelim and Ethan plan to open a wormhole at Colwyn City, send police, and halt traffic to confine the Second Dreamer in the city.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Void devourment phase begins
Ethan reveals the Void began a devourment phase right after the Second Dreamer rejected the Skylord, which he expects will force him to dream again.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Justine heads into the Void
Justine decides to fly the Silverbird into the Void to speak to the Skylords. Gore agrees to persuade the Second Dreamer to help her.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Araminta wakes to invasion and devourment
After refusing the Skylord, Araminta learns Ellezelin forces have invaded Colwyn and the Void's devourment phase has begun. She insists on going home despite Mr. Bovey's worries.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Araminta returns across the city
Araminta leaves Mr. Bovey's, rides through Living Dream checkpoints unnoticed and reaches her apartments, where she worries about neighbours Danal and Mareble.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Cressida offers escape
Cressida calls with plans to charter a starship off Viotia and reserves Araminta a seat; Araminta agrees to avoid suspicion.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Gore's appeal to the Second Dreamer
Gore Burnelli broadcasts a message to Araminta asking her to persuade the Skylord to let his daughter Justine enter the Void, and warns that factions are hunting her.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Justine's chase to the Void
Raiel warships pursue the Silverbird with hyperspace shock waves; Araminta, via the gaiafield, asks a Skylord to open the boundary, and Justine enters the Void.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Raid on Danal's apartment block
Welcome team and support troops, including Oscar's covert team, seal the building and round up thirty-three residents, but the Second Dreamer has already escaped.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Search of apartment four
Oscar and Tomansio find signs of recent habitation in Araminta's half-refurbished apartment and plan to trace her.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Araminta emerges from hiding
Hours after the raid, Araminta climbs out of the hot water tank, barricades the door, and makes tea while wondering what to do next.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Oscar deduces Araminta is the Second Dreamer
Over breakfast Oscar's team reviews Liatris's findings and Oscar concludes Araminta, who vanished, is the Second Dreamer. They decide to mislead Honilar and return to the apartment.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Araminta escapes the cordon
Araminta crawls out through a waste-pipe opening, unscrews fence boards, dons an old jacket and walks past paramilitary guards unnoticed.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Araminta shelters with Tandra
Araminta arrives at Tandra and Martyn's home after walking from Bodant, is allowed to stay one night, and agrees to cook and bathe the twins.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Araminta contacts Laril
Araminta disguises herself, leaves Tandra's home, and breaks into Laril's old crepes office. She sets up an untraceable link and calls Laril, revealing she is the Second Dreamer.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Laril advises Araminta
Araminta calls Laril for help; he urges her to confront the Skylord, provides cash and an untraceable cab at Wurung Transport, and offers a secure node.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Araminta speaks with the Skylord
In the gaiafield Araminta avoids Living Dream traps and talks to the Skylord, which will not take anyone to the nucleus before fulfillment.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Riot at Bodant Park
Rioters storm the paramilitary barricade, and Araminta's apartment block is set ablaze. Capsules and flying fighters then converge on the park in a battle.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Oscar Monroe rescues Araminta
After a voice warns her, Araminta is chased by a man with a force field. Oscar Monroe and his team fight Living Dream agents while she escapes by cab toward Francola district.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Bodant Park battle
Agents clash in Bodant Park; Araminta escapes with Knights Guardian help, and Marius reassigns the Cat toward her.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Accelerators plan around Araminta
Ilanthe tests an Araminta replica, predicts she will turn to Laril, sends Atha to recover wreckage and orders Neskia to bring the swarm to Sol.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Araminta escapes Viotia
Araminta follows a hidden path through the forest at the edge of Colwyn City's force field and emerges on a beautiful alien world.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Araminta crosses the river
On a Silfen path world, Araminta endures a downpour and wades a freezing river, ending numb and chilled.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Survival at the oasis
Stranded in a desert when the Silfen path vanished, Araminta made wooden flagons, found and cooked edible eggs, wove a hat and basket, and prepared to cross at night.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Night crossing and arrival near a settlement
Araminta walked the desert through the night, noticed starships and gaiafield minds, found the path behind her, and at dawn followed a dirt track toward a concrete road and a settlement beyond a ridge.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Araminta reaches Miledeep Water
Araminta crests a crater wall, discovers the oasis town of Miledeep Water on Chobamba, learns where she is from locals, and checks into the SideStar Motel before collapsing asleep.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Araminta recovers in Miledeep Water
Araminta eats, tends her feet, buys gear, and discovers via the time display that the Silfen paths distorted time. She decides she must face her situation herself.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Araminta contacts the Skylord
After sensing Living Dream followers celebrating Justine's journey to Makkathran, Araminta speaks to the Skylord, then shares Edeard's dream with Jessile.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Araminta found on Chobamba
Oscar's team and Living Dream both learn Araminta is on Chobamba sharing Inigo's dreams. Both sides plan to reach her; Oscar's team consults Paula.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Paula deduces Araminta's secret
Paula realises Araminta walked to Chobamba via a Silfen path, and that Araminta's descent from Mellanie Rescorai may explain her Dreamer ability. She sends a shotgun warning message to Chobamba's cybersphere.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Araminta refuses the Void and learns Earth is lost
Araminta rejects Living Dream's offer after understanding its cost, then learns Earth is imprisoned and ANA gone. She calls Laril until Paula's message interrupts.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Araminta buys a bike and flees
Araminta buys Ranto's manual bike and rides out of Miledeep Water into the desert toward the Silfen path.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Escape onto the Silfen path
Pursuing capsules arrive at Miledeep Water as Araminta rides a bike into the desert. The path engulfs her, the bike dies, and she follows a streambed out of Chobamba into a lush alien land.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Silfen festival
Silfen riders collect Araminta and carry her to a huge camp by a loch, where they feast, dance and pamper her in celebration.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Araminta meets Bradley Johansson and Clouddancer
Two winged Silfen, one the former human Bradley Johansson, explain that she is celebrated as Mellanie's descendant, and discuss her connection to a Skylord, the communion and the Void.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Silfen warn Araminta
Clouddancer and Bradley Johansson tell Araminta of a malevolent new entity seeking the Void; she agrees to do what she can and the Silfen sing in gratitude.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Araminta named Friend of Silfen
Bradley Johansson gives Araminta a pendant naming her Silfen Friend, points her to Ozzie, and she enters the path to Francola Wood.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Araminta returns to Bovey
Araminta reshapes the path to reach Bovey's burned home, finds five of his bodies killed, and tells him she must act alone as fighting erupts in Francola.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Araminta reveals herself
Araminta, empowered by the Skylord, stops the mob, subdues Captain Darraklan, faces down Phelim and walks through the wormhole to Ellezelin followed by cheering followers.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Araminta enters Makkathran2
Araminta lands at the North Gate with a huge capsule armada behind her and walks through cheering crowds to the Orchard Palace, escorted by constables and Darraklan.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Araminta takes control of the Cleric Council
Araminta demands to know the Pilgrimage arrangements, forcing Ethan to reveal his deal with the supplier, and takes the Mayor's state rooms as her residence.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Araminta confronts Ilanthe
Araminta calls out the entity behind the ultradrives; Ilanthe appears as a solido sphere, and both agree to a mutual pact while openly declaring opposition.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Likan interrogated and released
Araminta confronts Likan, brutalised by a memory read, and offers freedom and a starship in exchange for naming the three women he profiled; he names Marakata, Krisana and Tammary.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Tour of the starship construction yard
Araminta and Ethan visit the manufacturing field where twelve giant starships are being fitted with twenty-four million suspension chambers, welcomed by Cleric Taranse, for the Pilgrimage.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Attack on the freighters
Thirty-seven freighters carrying the Sol barrier force fields arrive at Ellezelin; eight stealthed enemy ships attack but are destroyed by defense squadrons, and the freighters are undamaged.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Radiation downspill
Debris and radiation from the orbital fight scorch the countryside around the city; many followers without memorycells die.
- Book 3 · Ch 14Araminta calls Oscar
Oscar and his team, preparing to give up and flee, receive a call using his onetime code from someone claiming to be Araminta, who asks to meet.
- Book 3 · Ch 14SI alerts Troblum
The SI tells Troblum about the call and invites him to observe the restaurant meeting, though Araminta appears to be aboard the Lady's Light about to launch.
- Book 3 · Ch 14The Pilgrimage launches
Aboard the Lady's Light, the Dreamer receives word that embarkation is complete, and the Pilgrimage ships lift off from Ellezelin and set course for the Void.
- Book 3 · Ch 14Oscar meets Araminta-two
Oscar's team meets Araminta-two in a Viotia restaurant and whisks her aboard Elvin's Payback. Tomansio verifies her; she asks for Ozzie's help and the ship heads to the Spike.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Troblum offers wormhole transport
Troblum reveals his ship's Anomine-derived novabomb-powered wormhole engine that could reach the galactic core ahead of the Pilgrimage fleet. The group agrees to go, with extra suspension chambers being built for Void time.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Araminta confronts Ethan
After weeping for the Pilgrimage's followers, Araminta faces Ethan, who knows from Ilanthe she is many. She vows to lead the Pilgrimage into the Void without judging who enters, and dismisses him.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Passage into the Void
The Raiel let Mellanie's Redemption pass. The Skylord opens the boundary, pulls the ship in, and speeds it toward Querencia, three light-months away.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Fleet enters the Void
The Lady's Light reaches the Void boundary; the Heart opens it for the Pilgrimage fleet and Ilanthe's hidden ship, and all pass inside.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Araminta subdues Ethan
Ethan tries to draw a pistol on Araminta; she throws him against a bulkhead and mentally dominates him into declaring love and trust.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Ilanthe kills a Skylord
Ilanthe seizes and consumes a Skylord, absorbing its abilities, then flies off toward Odin's Sea, leaving Araminta and the Skylords grieving.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Homecomings after the Void's elevation
Oscar, Justine, Araminta and the Delivery Man return to loved ones; Araminta brings Aaron to the Silfen, where she meets Mellanie.