Epilogue.  Octavio Veerspike has an audience on Isla Saqqara with the Crimson Man and at last makes a choice that will define him until the end of his days ...

Chapter Eleven: John Horn and the Turtle.  Not all Elites are bad: enter John Horn, American patriot, billionairre and recent defector from the Commission.  Ptolemy and Ashley are told of the Golden Aleph -- and given some help getting to Isla Saqqara ...