Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication iv
3. Contents v
4. List of figures vii
5. Dramatis personae ix
6. Timeline xv
7. Preface xxi
8. Acknowledgements xxvi
9. Prologue. The prophet of terror 1
10. I Harbingers 11
11. 1 Three bombs in Paris 13
12. 2 ‘The Moloch of radicalism’ 30
13. 3 For those in Hell 44
14. 4 Breakers of worlds 59
15. 5 Insurgents across borders 75
16. II Conspirators? 91
17. 6 Gathering storms 93
18. 7 City of enemies 109
19. 8 Chasing chimeras 125
20. III Devils 147
21. 9 Murder triumphant 149
22. 10 The dynamite lesson 168
23. 11 Thoughts that light fires 186
24. 12 No one is safe 203
25. 13 Of fright and fantasy 221
26. 14 All towards its end 246
27. Epilogue. Ouroboros 264
28. Notes 269
29. Bibliography 308
30. Index 335