PROLOGUE: THE SKY DANCERS
DATA BANK
BOOK I: THE ARRIVAL
MARS HABITAT: SOL 1
HOUSTON: THE FIRST MEETING
ARRIVAL CEREMONY: SOL 1
VIRTUAL TOUR: SOL 1
DINNERTIME: SOL 1
NIGHT: SOL 1
DOSSIER: JAMES FOX WATERMAN
GREENHOUSE GARDEN: SOL 6
FIRST TRAVERSE: SOL 6
OVERNIGHT: SOL 6/7
OVERNIGHT: SOL 7/8
IN TRANSIT
MORNING: SOL 8
DOSSIER: C. DEXTER TRUMBALL
NIGHT: SOL 10
MORNING: SOL 11
NEW YORK CITY
BOSTON
AFTERNOON: SOL 15
SUNDOWN: SOL 15
IMAGERY
NOON: SOL 18
NIGHT: SOL 18
MORNING: SOL 21
NIGHT: SOL 21
BOOK II: THE FIRST EXCURSIONS
EVENING: SOL 45
MORNING: SOL 48
AFTERNOON: SOL 48
DOSSIER: ANASTASIA DEZHUROVA
AFTERNON: SOL 48
OLYMPUS MONS
DOSIER: MITSUO FUCHIDA
SUNSET: SOL 48
DOSIER: TOMAS RODRIGUEZ
NIGHT: SOL 48
DOSSIER: VARUNA JARITA SHEKTAR
MORNING: SOL 49
AFTERNOON: SOL 49
SUNDOWN: SOL 49
EVENING: SOL 49
NIGHT: SOL 49
NEW YORK
IN THE PIT
MIDNIGHT: SOL 49/50
BALLOONS
MORNING: SOL 50
TARAWA
AFTERNOON: SOL 50
MORNING: SOL 56
EVENING: SOL 56
MORNING: SOL 58
AFTERNOON: SOL 58
NIGHT: SOL 58
STORMY NIGHT
MORNING: SOL 59
AFTERNOON: SOL 59
GLASS BRICKS
NOON: SOL 63
PREDAWN: SOL 64
BOOK III: THE CLIFF DWELLING
THE PROCESS OF DECISION: SOL 99
MORNING: SOL 100
AFTERNOON: SOL 101
THE SPEED OF LIGHT
MORNING: SOL 102
EVENING: SOL 102
MANHATTAN
THE STUDIOS
CHRISTMAS EVE
CHRISTMAS
EVENING: SOL 111
AFTERNOON: SOL 113
NIGHT: SOL 144
NOON: SOL 147
MORNING: SOL 150
AFTERNOON: SOL 150
THE TORRENT OF DEATH
BOOK IV: THE DECISION
AFTERNOON: SOL 342
MORNING: SOL 358
NIGHT: SOL 359
MORNING: SOL 363
NEWS CONFERENCE
AFTERNOON: SOL 368
EVENING: SOL 370
TARAWA: SOL 372
NIGHT: SOL 375
DAWN: SOL 376
MORNING: SOL: 376
NIGHT: SOL 388
NOON: SOL 389
AUTHOR’S AFTERWORD