Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

The Valtay Corporation

A name Carl finds in his inventory's history tab attached to a pulse pistol, a personal shield and an illegal communications relay that passed through his hands inside Agatha's shopping cart. Odette says they are a parasitic corporate government with a fleet parked outside the Borant system, and the next season will be theirs.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 23 — Plenty of Plenty; Zev reads the script; a note from C&W&U
• Chapter 28 — The interlocution; the question Orren wanted asked
• Chapter 72 — Have You Ever Seen the Rain; Minus unmasked
• Chapter 85 — The Wheel of Fortune; 'Nothing' in quotes
• Epilogue — Epilogue: Sydnee Iglacia, Prime Minister Victory, Louis Santiago 2

Progression

The Emperator's system-busting bomb is gone (ch. 23); Carl's neural implant reports incompatibility mode when he is a dachshund (ch. 85); Sydnee Iglacia's publisher is a Valtay subsidiary with worm contracts (epilogue).