Overcoming more obstacles within the abandoned gold mine, Yeshua, Moroni, and Cessily finally reach the town of West Wells, where they seek directions to the Cibola Sunrise apartment complex. After an unavoidable scuffle with some local degenerates outside of a gas station, the Musterites obtain a vehicle and head off to find Ira Troyer.  

In the 1980s, a religious compound in Nevada is invaded by violent outsiders and the inhabitants held hostage. Three exceptional residents, however, trained in an ancient and obscure martial art, manage to escape through a secret exit and embark on a holy quest to find a powerful relic that will save their beloved home.

Arctus Suteki, Zolar Garbanzo, and Illyria Shadowstalker party down on the rooftop of the Blancmange & Thistle hotel until an unwelcome guest drops in and a random spell sends everyone scattering. Back inside the building, the trio are forced to fight enemies they thought they’d seen the last of, and an error operating the elevator transports them to a strange and unfamiliar place.  

As the partygoers continue to make their way to the hotel rooftop, they have interesting run-ins with a crazy tiger lady, a slug monarch, and a mysterious, armor-clad friend. After popping into their room on the sixth floor, the guests finally arrive at the Feast of the Chiliarch, and the party’s just getting started.

Three travelers of the crystal spheres arrive in the eccentric city of Troika, looking for accommodations. They meet in the lavish hotel lobby of The Blancmange & Thistle, where they are informed that, due to the annual Feast of the Chiliarch being held on the rooftop, there is only one room left on the sixth floor. The travelers decide to share the room and attend the party. Getting there, however, proves to be more of a chore than anyone expected.

Flung into another dimension, Farin Bachknife-Origiabi, Nicholas Corso, and Marm Goodwill find themselves in Cape City, a technopolis of skyscrapers and cars in stark contrast to their own magical realm of castles and airships. Fending off police and superpowered vigilantes, the party searches for a way back to Gonen’s World.

Following the shock of finding an empty sarcophagus in Alexander’s lost tomb, the Top Men have an ultimate showdown with Belgian archaeologist Jan Donvil and his thugs. An even bigger shock occurs after the fight ends, when the team realizes there’s someone else with them they hadn’t accounted for. After a mad dash across the Nitrian Desert, Black Cavendish, Agent 13, and Mr. Smith complete their mission.

Pursued by police in Alexandria, the Top Men escape into underground Roman chambers, only to face off with armed tomb robbers. At the harbor, the team meets with a Greek named Athanasios who provides them with scuba gear. After a bloody shark encounter, the divers reach a tunnel leading to a water-free room where a certain sarcophagus lies waiting to reveal its secrets.  

The Top Men are intensely questioned after landing their stolen Soviet helicopter at a US airbase in West Germany, but are ultimately allowed to leave. Afterwards, the team boards a Greek steamer bound for Alexandria, but the ship is attacked in the night, and a furious gun battle erupts. In Egypt, Stew calls upon an old contact from his days at Yale.

On their way into Germany, the Top Men confront suspected spies aboard their train, but things don’t go as smoothly as planned, and they are rescued from the Stasi’s scrutiny by an unlikely passenger. Once in the town of Ludwigsfelde, the team plans and executes an infiltration into the castle of Baron von Papen, attempting to retrieve Alexander the Great’s breastplate.