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This is the web novel version. Research and details may be flawed, incomplete, or just plain wrong. The purpose of this version is to explore the idea to its possible ends, before being edited and rewritten for print.




This version will always be free to read, but not to redistribute or rehost without permission. Translations may be allowed. You may contact the author at bhepin@gmail.com.




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Table of Contents




0.0 Preamble


0.1 The Premise




1.1 Once More, Old Manila


1.2 In the House of Capitan Tiago


1.3 A Dinner Conversation


1.4 More Calmly, Maria Clara


Interlude – The Lieutenant 01


Interlude – The Dominican 01


Interlude – The Governor-General 01


Interlude – The Maiden 01




2.1 Hometown


2.2 A Noisome Grave


2.3 Ibarra in Town


2.4 An Unexpected Case


Interlude – The Brothers 01


Interlude – The Philosopher 01


2.5 An End, and a Beginning




3.1 On the Day of the Dead


3.2 Let Us Look Busy


3.3 In the House of Pilosopo Tasio


3.4 A Town Meeting


3.5 More Cautiously, Maria Clara


Interlude – The Brothers 02


Interlude – The Maiden 02




4.1 Finding Elias


Interlude – The Chosen 01


4.2 Fraternal Sins


Interlude – The Franciscan 01


4.3 The Presentation


Interlude – The Chosen 02




5.1 Laying the Foundations


5.2 Tanks in the Yard


5.3 Assembly


5.4 Submarine


5.5 Mass Media


Interlude – The Widow 01


Interlude – The Lieutenant 02




6.1 The Oligarchs


6.2 In Chinatown


Interlude – The Manager 01


Interlude – The Young Hawks 01


6.3 A Conspiracy of Jesuits


6.4 Literally Highway Robbery


6.5 In the House of Ibarra


Interlude – The Applicant 01




7.1 Industrialization


7.2 Even Art Has Its Purpose


7.3 First Edition


7.4 More Avidly, Maria Clara


Interlude – The Traveler 01


Interlude – The Translator 02


Interlude – The Chosen 03




8.1 A Taste of War


8.2 The Moro Kings


8.3 An Army Marches


Interlude – The Translator 03


8.4 ( — )


8.5 ( — )




9.1 ( — )


9.2 ( — )


9.3 ( — )


9.4 ( — )


Interlude – The New Yorker


Interlude – The Tokyo Man




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