Chapter One: The Broken Wheel
birth of Donald - Donald turns 33 - Rota Fracta - Donald meets Sarah - Donald names Rota Fracta - how toes can be sad - announcement of Rota Fracta - Dahlia - Donald and Sarah speak - Sarah waits for Donald - Donald and Sarah eat dinner - the bitterness in the world - love for everything - a reason for everything - Sarah gives up Max - Sarah's plan - Max's plan - God's plan - the New Age prayer - Bob - existence of Jesus - miracle of the wine - Sarah wakes up - Gods of modern times - Sarah becomes flesh - failed conception - Bob meets Sarah - Bob and Sarah speak - moon and river speak - Dahlia meets Johnny - Bob kisses Sarah - vast and tiny - Dahlia rides with Johnny - Age of Helmets - love and not be stupid - Dahlia kisses Johnny - Sarah's treasure - the two step - finding Jesus - the broken wheel - many are healed - prophecy - who Dahlia is - the wheel breaks - appreciation of beauty - Sarah's dream - thinking and feelingChapter Two: Jesus Christ
Sarah plays - Bob plays - love and be loved - Sarah sees the end - Jesus' presence - describing Jesus - addiction - the price of God - crown of glory - Jesus is recognized - Donald heals Anna - the angry woman - the embrace - Donald catches his breath - Sarah smiles - Dahlia's discovery - Donald weeps - the revolution - the kiss - the famous magician's trick - Johnny's story - the failure of poetry - Jesus speaks - Sarah names Donald - instructions for the Bishop - Donald's perfection - the Bishop questions Donald - Donald serves the Bishop - Sarah learns about love - Sarah learns about sex - the good news - Donald is brought before a secular authority - Bob thinks about Donald - the love of two people - Bob's First LawChapter Three: The Antichrist
the mirror of Christ - Bob goes to the countryside - the speed of weather - Isabel climbs a tree - Dahlia talks about Jesus - the evil tree - God talks to Bob - a smile for atheists - Dahlia's brother - tearing down the Messiah - Dahlia is brought before religious authorities - Isabel finds Catherine's thumb - Bob draws - Sarah eats with Donald - Dahlia speaks Latin - Dahlia hears a voice - Dahlia underground - pain enables reason - opening Catherine's box - Dahlia is discovered - God's gifts - vulnerability of lying - acceleration of Bob's plan - Donald's parents - Sarah's discovery - the fish - plans are laid - God is the only real thing - Donald's childhood - no Heaven - Dahlia meets the Antichrist - into the arms of the BeastChapter Four: The Program
Sarah falls out the window - Donald is called to return to the authorities - benefits of darkness - signs of faith - Donald faces his past - Donald questions his parents - Bob's party ruined - authority is questioned - Donald meets Isabel - Mr. Uffizi remembers - God is inseparable - letting it slide - Mr. Uffizi dreams - writing the name of God - Donald touches Isabel - Bob drops his pen - Isabel laughs - Sarah knows, Donald thinks - Miss Roc accommodates Donald - Bob picks up the box - the need for violence - the need for the Church - the need for man - wherever two are gathered in His name - existence of God - looking up - existence of memory - St. Catherine's prophecy - fear of dogs - Isabel lost - prophecy fulfilled - Sarah's anger - saving the world - Dahlia is discovered - the impact of art - Donald goes home - the splinter - Donald and the thievesChapter Five: The Fish
Donald and the Forty - Johnny meets God - Sarah slurs - pulling the plug - Sarah in a box - Donald heals the aching feet - the man of the future meets the man of the present - trying to be normal - Sarah meets Johnny - fireflies - God as a file - Sarah's role in prophecy - Donald hears singing - the end of time - singing to Jesus - Sarah's mother speaks - Jerry sees Donald - Bob looks for Sarah - Bob smells blood - a book not yet written - Dahlia writes - Sarah draws - need for a thumb - it's a game - Bob says something unusual - the missing wheel - the missing sword - a father's kiss - bad habit - Bob escapes the lions - Johnny opens the door - the importance of prophecy - Bob unhappy - nobody - an ancient sword - his daddy is bigger - moment of doubt and pain - interest in CatherineChapter Six: Love
Bob's Second Law - Sarah remembers - ghost writer - Johnny applesauce - the trap is set - God is love - Johnny and Sarah make up - the oracle - the scribe - seeing God - a powerful man - a prison - the missing parent - the artist and the dreamer - the sleeping Christ - the sleeping prophet - the second book - across the Hudson - rescuing Sarah - Catherine's poetry - the Church's role in prophecy - the word of God - on the road - Renaldo paints a picture - like a thief in the night - shooting Donald - Catherine goes to Rome - Catherine meets MaxentiusChapter Seven: Power
a good question - Cesare paints - Sarah primps - Catherine's books - Bob meets Johnny - Sarah keeps walking - power of the word - the kiss of meaning - paying the price - render unto Cesare - precision is sacrificed - Donald calls Ronald - word power - Dahlia and Billy - Dahlia calls the Pope - the secret war - Maxentius' sunset - Catherine meets death - Rota Fracta waits - the most powerful piece - Donald's mission - multi rota fracta interfecti sunt - the beginning of belief - the window is a painting - the guard is baptized - those who follow Sarah - ancient burial - true freedom - Donald comes into his own - Sarah is invited - the Pope is challenged - a tree grows in Asbury Park - Dahlia takes her sword - searching for the Antichrist - Sarah takes the stage - Sarah takes the cake - death of Catherine - Christ and Antichrist - the killing and dying Church - Johnny meets the killer - Dahlia destroys the idol - the saints untie - Dahlia's sword - the storm heads out to seaChapter Eight: The End of the World
Johnny can't read - Bob gets his - out of the body - Sarah's program - onto the sand - Donald goes home - Dahlia meets Cesare - the Donald Text - authenticity debated - Donald is invincible - Sarah saves Jackie - remnants of this life - becoming a memory - Dahlia appreciates art - wedding plans -