Contents Copy Markdown Open in ChatGPT Open in Claude View markdown View edit history Edit this page Create child page Create docs issue Create project issue Print entire section Contents Front Matter Copyright Dedication Epigraph Author’s Note Prologue: A Run for the Throne Part I 1. Divine Right 2. A Civilizing Mission 3. Nerve Center 4. Dreams of Modernity 5. Scale of Ambition Part II 6. Ascension 7. Science in Captivity 8. Dawn of Commerce 9. Disaster Capitalism Part III 10. Gods and Demons 11. Apex 12. Plundered Earth 13. The Two Prophets 14. Deliverance Part IV 15. The Gambit 16. Cloak-and-Dagger 17. Reckoning 18. A Formula for Empire Back Matter Epilogue: How the Empire Falls Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author ←Cover Copyright→