# Contents

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/en/llms.txt)

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## Front Matter
- [Copyright](../copyright/)
- [Dedication](../dedication/)
- [Epigraph](../epigraph/)
- [Author’s Note](../authors-note/)
- [Prologue: A Run for the Throne](../prologue/)

## [Part I](../part-i/)
- [1. Divine Right](../ch01/)
- [2. A Civilizing Mission](../ch02/)
- [3. Nerve Center](../ch03/)
- [4. Dreams of Modernity](../ch04/)
- [5. Scale of Ambition](../ch05/)

## [Part II](../part-ii/)
- [6. Ascension](../ch06/)
- [7. Science in Captivity](../ch07/)
- [8. Dawn of Commerce](../ch08/)
- [9. Disaster Capitalism](../ch09/)

## [Part III](../part-iii/)
- [10. Gods and Demons](../ch10/)
- [11. Apex](../ch11/)
- [12. Plundered Earth](../ch12/)
- [13. The Two Prophets](../ch13/)
- [14. Deliverance](../ch14/)

## [Part IV](../part-iv/)
- [15. The Gambit](../ch15/)
- [16. Cloak-and-Dagger](../ch16/)
- [17. Reckoning](../ch17/)
- [18. A Formula for Empire](../ch18/)

## Back Matter
- [Epilogue: How the Empire Falls](../epilogue/)
- [Acknowledgments](../acknowledgments/)
- [Notes](../notes/)
- [Index](../indexes/)
- [About the Author](../about-the-author/)