The world

Start at the Concord. Go only as far as you have read.

A plot-spoiler-free introduction to the setting of The Unbroken. Inside the archive, your reading progress determines which records you can see.

Map of the Concord — The Concord · open to all readers

Before you open a book

A place where connection is not a sentiment.

In the Concord, connection is the thing power is made of. Across the Long Water, other lives keep other accounts. The books move between them through people whose work is ordinary: holding a company together, filing what happened, keeping an establishment true, making temporary supports.

That is all you need to begin. The rest belongs to the books.

The reader archive

A growing archive, not a complete encyclopedia.

The archive includes Books One and Two, with a source-labelled selection of people, places and working records from Book Three. You tell it which books you have finished, or where you are in one, and it hides everything beyond that. It is not an exhaustive guide, and nothing from the unpublished fourth manuscript is included.

01The IndexEvery archive entry as a plain, searchable list. Works well on a phone.Every archive entry as a plain, searchable list. Works well on a phone.

02The ChronicleEvents in order, revealed only up to the point you have reached.Events in order, revealed only up to the point you have reached.

03CartographyThe Concord is open to everyone. Later maps wait until you have read far enough.The Concord is open to everyone. Later maps wait until you have read far enough.

04The Inquiry boardA large drag-to-pan board of threads between people and places. Best on a wide screen.A large drag-to-pan board of threads between people and places. Best on a wide screen.

On first visit the archive asks how far you have read. You can change it at any time.

The record is not the whole life.

Artwork from Book Two