CARDS MADE
TO BE PLAYED.

All 50 records now have a unified game-card face. Free City uses deep green and warm brass; Continuity uses slate blue and pale steel. Access, filing sector, seal, and rules text remain visible during a match. Each printed card has a novel excerpt and story context on its reverse. For play, every card goes into the same clear-front, opaque-back Hidden Mandate sleeve so facedown identities remain secret.

Archived 26 September 2026 card proof. These 50 backs quote the first reading edition; each original-chapter link opens its preserved passage. The revised story backs and current companion records are in the current catalog. Read the edition history to compare the novel.