An Ill-Favored Birthday -- A Future Lost -- Paperwings -- A Glint in the Snow -- An Unexpected Opportunity -- Third Assistant Librarian -- Beyond the Doors of Sun and Moon -- Down the Fifth Back Stair -- Creatures by Nagy -- Dog Day -- Search for a Suitable Sword -- Into the Lair of the Chief Librarian -- Of Stilken and Strange Magic -- Prince Sameth Hits a Six -- The Dead Are Many -- Into Death -- Nicholas and the Necromancer -- A Father's Healing Hand -- Ellimere's Thoughts on the Education of Princes -- A Door of Three Signs -- Beyond the Doors of Wood and Stone -- Power of Three -- A Troublesome Season -- Cold Water, Old Stone -- A Family Conference -- A Letter from Nicholas -- Sam Makes Up His Mind -- Sam the Traveler -- The Observatory of the Clayr -- Nicholas and the Pit -- A Voice in the Trees -- "When the Dead Do Walk, Seek Water's Run" -- Flight to the River -- Finder -- Remembrancer -- A Denizen of Death -- A Bath in the River -- The Book of the Dead -- High Bridge -- Under the Bridge -- Free Magic and the Flesh of Swine -- Southerlings and a Necromancer -- Farewell to Finder -- Abhorsen's House.