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The Nexus continues Mara's story from the conclusion of the trial over which Tad O'Kelly presided as Senchus in The General, through new foreign assignments, then back to Tara to await the coming nexus and the crisis it will bring to Hibernia's capital. There she battles pirates, gun runners, kidnappers, and a host of plots against the realm.

Elbon the Builder of Meta (John Dominic on Tirdia) returns from a meeting of the Metan elders to Tirdia and the orphanage at Berea, unaware that his daughter Eider has followed him. She encounters Lucas and the two have a narrow brush with two of gangster Al Marcotti's thugs. In the aftermath, Lucas eavedrops on Eider's conversation with her father and hears of their relationship and of the other earths. His loyalties now torn, Lucas leaves that afternoon's creation debate to strike out on his own. But Eider follows, and the two are caught up in both the nexus and Marcotti's ongoing violence.

Maeve Derry sends one of her Centralia cadets out on a training mission, only to have to pull his body from the bottom of a river several hours later. What she learns next necessitates the reappointment of Tad as Senchus, and another sensational hearing at Tara, one punctuated by a shocking and cowardly attack. After Maeve's return to Centralia, she is lured to the St. Charles islands, and there disappears.

We experience the nexus with Lucas, Eider, Catherine, Mara, Margaret, and Maeve, then hear the account of the aftermath at Tara's court the next day, when MacCarthy forces mount an all-out attack, but find themselves under pressure from the Friends at other locations.

Events of The Nexus play out on Hibernia at Tara, Dublin, Afghanistan, India, Berlin, Moscow, Mergui, the St. Charles Islands ,and Centralia well as in Chilliwack and Vancouver on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada (Tirdia) and in the Builder's City and home on Meta. --- Volume 5 of The Interregnum.

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Author	Richard J. Sutcliffe
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PostPrologue The Nexus is the fifth volume in the editors' history of the interregnum, the turbulent years following the 1941 deposition of James IV. It recounts a few events from the immediate aftermath of the great trial of September 1998, concentrating on those of a single weekend in September 2000. Like the others, it is narrated as a story circle in that several threads of the account from different points of view (and two earths other than Hibernia) are offered in alternating chapters. Unlike the first four volumes, most chapters are in strict chronological order, excepting only the memoirs of Mara, Lady Meathe and a few items whose inclusion required rewinding the clock slightly. The reader is advised to consult each chapter or section heading for a time and location before mentally setting the scene. In some chapters the times are given in both Pacific west coast Tirdian and Hibernian Irish meridian standard. The editors are deeply grateful to the many participants in all threads of the story cycle for sharing their notes and cooperating with our interviewers. Their help was invaluable in organizing and presenting the inside story surrounding the first nexus to commence in two millennia. To review, The Peace told the story of the King and his deposition, followed him, his cousins, and their wives into exile afterward in New Tara, and recounted how some of them returned to establish Devereaux at the old Morgan estate. It also related the aftermath of Glenmorgan and the survival into a new exile of Brian and Meghan McIlhargey (Mara Devereaux-Rourke). The Friends picked up at Manse Devereaux with the generation of royals following James IV, traced their lives to and through Kilkarney, and thence to Glenmorgan, this time offering a view of the battle itself. It also recounted the growing years of Meghan, to her time in cadet school, the founding of The Friends of the Day, and Mara's time in Moody and Africa. We also followed Katherina from Glenmorgan to Irish South America, Los Angeles, and Australia, including her several incarcerations and her acquisition of foster daughter Sheana. The Exile described the police action in Afghanistan and Mara's subsequent travels to Rome, Glenfinnan, and Tara. It told of the struggles of Day and Angus on Tirdia, of Sheana's growing up years with Bria, the bards, and the Kildares. It provided details of Katherina's encounter with Thomas Monde at Penal City, her subsequent marriage to a man she thought she hated, and her conversion, capture and incapacitation at Tara. A new group of friends, including famed Rhiannon, were traced to and through Kilkarney and into military life. The General added more to Mara's story as a trouble shooter for the Donal in India, Moscow, South America, Japan, and China. It related Tad O'Kelly's early fame, encounters with the Earthies cult, fall from favour, mentoring by Cade, conversion, rise to active SpecialOps status, and eventual appointment as Senchus to try General Cath Maguire for cowardice and human rights violations. A second thread told of an ancient quad-amputee trapped in a Tirdian hospital, illicit experiments on her by renegade Hibernians, her rescue by Lucas, and her return to Hibernia in time to star in Tad's court case. We also met Sandy and his uncle Zeke, who had reasons of their own for wanting to follow Day from Tirdia to Hibernia, and who joined Tad as he ferreted out the truth and administered justice. For its part, The Nexus tells of Mara's activities following the trial of 1998 through to her participation in the nexus itself. It recounts the involvement of angst-ridden Lucas Caine, his discovery of the Timestream via Eider, John Dominic's daughter, his participation in the nexus, and the immediate aftermath. We include information from Hibernian palace records, the Donal's memoirs, Lady Catherine's personal papers, and a wide range of material from several other principals. In a few cases, we had multiple sources available and have taken the liberty of switching points of view frequently through a passage. Stories yet to tell include those of the tumultuous year after the nexus, the second battle of Glenmorgan, the appointment of the new Builder, and what became known as the second Trolls' conspiracy (despite differing greatly from the plot of 1601). Beyond that, we plan to present inside information from the civil war and, of course the restoration of Ireland's monarchy. Offered in the Name of the High Lord of Heaven Under the Patronage of the Crown Dedicated to the Throne of Tara, Mistress of Worlds by General Editors Richard Kent, Academician and Lord Protector of England Walking Buffalo, Academician and Lord Holder of Edwardston Cameron O'Grady, Lord High Bishop of Tara and Jana Whelan, Ard Seanacha of the Court of Ireland, who with High Ollamh Rhiannon compiled this fifth volume.

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