Chapter 1 They Had Scientists
- New characters and terms introduced in the first appendix pages.
- The Plan of Pas - humanity is restricted of technology which was once available to them similar to leaving the Garden of Eden.
- Silk reveals that he was enlightened to Horn.
- Silk's dream sequence is similar to Severian's when he is elevated to the guild and gets drunk.
Chapter 2 Lady Kypris
- Mutes were paid mourners in the Victorian era, whose jobs were to attend funerals to make it more.
- Matera Rose's body is dead - she is more machine than organic.
Chapter 3 Company
- Chenille admits she's a spy and working with Doctor Crane.
Chapter 4 The Prochein Ami
- The prolocutor who is Silk's boss is caught eavesdropping.
- Remora: a suckerfish.
- Quetzal: striking coloured birds. The Prolocutor.
- Remora tells Silk that it was his suggestion to send him to this area, since he was the strongest.
- Beef tea and Quetzal are linked.
- Gulo: the animal wolverine.
- Patera Gulo will join Silk.
Chapter 5 The Slave of Sphigx
- Kypris talks to Silk through Chenille.
- She first tried to posses Matera Mint, but because she closed her eyes, she had to copy herself onto Chenille.
Chapter 6 Lake Limna
- Fliers are a race of people?
Chapter 7 The Arms of Scylla
- The councillors and Calde are the governing body of this world, but the councillors have seized power.
- Remora tells Gulo the last Calde bought a black market embryo when he was still in charge - that being Chenille.
- The Talus is a spy that the councillors put in Blood's estate.
Chapter 8 Food for the Gods
- Hammerstone is a hard cobble used to strike off lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone during the process of lithic reduction.
Chapter 9 In Dreams Like Death
- Mamelta: Persian Saint who converted to Christianity and was stoned to death.
Chapter 10 On The Belly of the Whorl
- The Whorl was built to colonise new worlds with its frozen embryos and inhabitants.
- Silk sees the actual sun that the Whorl orbits.
Chapter 11 Some Summations
Chapter 12 Lemur
Chapter 13 The Calde Surrenders