Lyon
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
Connections
- containsAuberge du Portailwestern foothills near Lyon
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 1Guderian's demonstration
Guderian shows visiting scientists his Pliocene time-gate near Lyon, retrieving a Hipparion that dies into dust, and explains the one-way trip.
- Book 1 · Ch 9Founding of the Auberge du Portail
Madame Guderian turns the time-gate into a screened business, building an inn, setting criteria for travelers and defeating official attempts to suppress it.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Costume run to Lyon
Drunk Richard laments having no costume, so they fetch a pirate costume from a Lyon opera impresario in exchange for a case of Mouton-Rothschild.
- Book 1 · Ch 19Last night terrace talk
After the last supper, Group Green's members discuss metapsychic powers, Pliocene coal and plans, Felice's unhappiness, and Aiken's Connecticut Yankee costume as a storm gathers over Lyon.
- Book 1 · Ch 19Elizabeth and Bryan confide
Elizabeth explains her latent state and the tornado that killed Lawrence; Bryan describes his plan to search for Mercy. The downpour begins and they go inside.