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A paperback and a smartphone displaying an ebook, both copies of vol. 2 of City of Roses, the Dazzle of Day: the sun rises bright but indistinct behind icy clouds over a fog-bound river, girdered bridgework crossing it to the right there, to lose itself in the haze before reaching the other side, and tiny trees lining this side, weirdly sharp against the water gelid and still. Low riverfront buildings below, a hotel, perhaps, some old brick-walled offices, all still bluely dimmed despite the rising brightness. The ebook's turned to the first page, the synopsis of the story so far, which begins: Once upon a time, a young woman named Jo lived in a small apartment in Portland, the City of Roses. She was employed as a telemarketer, and had recently broken off relations with a rather hapless young man. One day Jo’s friend, Becker, was promoted, and Jo went with her co-workers to a bar to celebrate. An argument erupted at the next table, and Jo leapt to what she thought was the defense of a woman unchivalrously pressed by her companion. The woman, Ysabel, invited Jo to a party on the other side of the freeway where the music was loud, the dancing furious, and Jo insulted Ysabel’s companion, a man known as the Chariot. He challenged her to a duel, and Jo went along till it became quite clear it wasn’t some mad prank. She dropped her sword, ceding the fight, and the Chariot, stung by another insult, stabbed her in the back. Jo was taken to Ysabel’s house, where she was healed by the Gammer and told that, having thus beaten the Chariot, she now had the keeping of the Princess, Ysabel. She would be brought before the Queen and offered a chance to give it up. Before the audience, Jo received a call from Becker, who didn’t remember the party, or the duel, and wanted to know why she wasn’t at work. Jo then met the Chariot once more: he sneered at her presumption; she refused to relinquish what she’d won. Jo brought her new roommate to work, telling Becker that Ysabel was—

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