Houses of Cards was the thirteenth story in The Book of the Enemy. It was based around the real life destruction of hitchBOT which occurred in Philadelphia in 2015.
The story was accompanied by two briefings attributed to The Book of Lies and the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Grandfather Paradox, both written by Simon Bucher-Jones.
Summary
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Characters
- Sanjae'ktin
- Sarahn'tzig
- Zhamir'ftar
- Wessynd'ona
- Cousin Trna
- Cousin Martayne
- Cab driver
References
- Hitchbot is thought to have been built by Canadians.
- Philadelphia cuisine includes hoagies and cheesesteaks.
- Before One Liberty Place was built in the 1980s, no building in Philadelphia was higher than the statue of William Penn atop the Philadelphia City Hall.
Notes
- Trna mentions Little Cousin Zeller as being responsible for Hitchbot's creation. In the real world, Frauke Zeller was one of hitchBOT's co-creators.
Continuity
- The Book of Lies originates from PROSE: Unnatural History.
- The captured Compound creatures are given to Godfather Stendec. (PROSE: The Book of the War, et al)
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