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The Commute — Original
Books One–Three in one run · Resonance 1–18 · Convergence 19–31 · Emergence 32–35
original text
Thomas Reade builds his newsroom at ch 29. The author-voice exemplar.
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Every book and body of work by T. Franklin, with what exists of each: the Commute run, the Sovereign Rising Saga, the prequel, the companion novels, and the material written but not yet shelved. Word and chapter counts are read from the live readers.
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The Commute 7
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The Commute — Rebuild
Resonance, rebuilt to 50 chapters (Maya's Morning Coffee)
current text
Name and consistency passes 9/15. Reade's newsroom not yet restored.
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The Commute — Apartment 56-C
Maya and James · seven beats between chapter 5 and chapter 7
voice pass 9/18
James moved from 45-C to 56-C, nine floors above Maya. Chapters 3 and 5 updated to match.
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The Splinter
A story from The Commute · Maya's chapters 1, 3, 5, 7 + the opening of chapter 9
short story, line-reviewed 10/8
Built from the novel's own chapters by tools/make_splinter.py; ends on "She was terrified. She was free."
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IIIEmergenceT. Franklin
Sovereign Rising Saga 19
4AwakeningT. Franklin
4AwakeningT. Franklin
5The Five FiresT. Franklin
6ErebusT. Franklin
7Iron Tide IT. Franklin
8Iron Tide IIT. Franklin
9The Lunar QuestionT. Franklin
10Ghost SignalsT. Franklin
11The GardenT. Franklin
11The GardenT. Franklin
12SettlementsT. Franklin
13–17The RescuesT. Franklin
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The Rescues
Books 13–17 — the seventeen Resonant rescues
outlined
Outline review June 11; all 17 rescue chapters written per canon notes. Readers not built yet.
No reader yet18The Children's HourT. Franklin
19HopeT. Franklin
20The TemptationT. Franklin
21The Fourth ChairT. Franklin
22The Bore NetworkT. Franklin
64The ReturningT. Franklin
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The Returning
The Beacon at Forty AU
draft
Ch 1 was the saga's voice exemplar from June 8 until the Reade newsroom took over on Sept 17.
Read50–100The Series OutlineT. Franklin
50–100
The Series Outline
Four eras, fifty book entries, ending with the saga itself ending
outline
SERIES_OUTLINE_50_TO_100_BOOKS.html — 147 book references.
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Sovereign Rising
The Prequel · 30 to 17 years before Book One · Thomas Reade's life · Elias as a teen
prequel — released after the series
Separate from the Commute numbering. Reader is the 18-chapter cut; V5 holds a 20-chapter cut.
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Written, Not Yet Shelved 1
II–IVBooks Two, Three & Four — titled chaptersT. Franklin
II–IV
Books Two, Three & Four — titled chapters
Ice Queen · Fourteen Days · McMurdo · The Wave · The Fleet · Persephone's Run …
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Sovereign Rising\Definitive — written chapter by chapter under titles, before numbering.
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