Book I — 2007
Los Angeles
Instrument: Guitar. A city built on water it had to steal, singing in a key it did not choose.
Complete draft
The Atlas
The Signal Cycle
Six novels. Each city is a resonating body; each instrument is the only tool small enough to hear it. Book I is Los Angeles and the guitar.
Book II — 1968
London
Instrument: Lute. Outlined. The frequency arrives in a different century and asks the same question.
Outlined
Book III — 1927
Paris
Instrument: Accordion. Outlined. The frequency arrives in a different century and asks the same question.
Outlined
Book IV — 1995
Tokyo
Instrument: Shamisen. Outlined. The frequency arrives in a different century and asks the same question.
Notes
Book V — 2014
Seoul
Instrument: Gayageum. Outlined. The frequency arrives in a different century and asks the same question.
Notes
Book VI — 1854
Sydney
Instrument: Concertina. Outlined. The frequency arrives in a different century and asks the same question.
Notes
The rule of the cycle
Every book stands alone. Read in any order, they describe one sentence spoken very slowly across two hundred years, and the last word is not in any of them.