The End of the Beginning

The End of the Beginning is the fourth chapter in Invasion. It is authored by Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey, Cody Martin, and Dennis Lee. The events in The End of the Beginning occur in a variety of key locations: Atlanta, Georgia; Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; and Moscow, Russia.

Synopsis
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Key Events
Like the first chapter, Before the Storm, The End of the Beginning is broken down into sequential "snapshots" of characters. In this chapter, many of the events are meant to take place simultaneously. These snapshots do not have timestamps, but callsigns indicate the point of view character in some of the pieces.
 * ECHO Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
 * Moscow, Russia - Callsign Red Saviour
 * Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Callsign Seraphym
 * New York, New York, USA - Callsign John Murdock
 * Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Callsign Belladonna Blue

Cast of Characters
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Other key entities first mentioned in this chapter:


 * The address of ECHO - 100 Echo Way, Atlanta, Georgia
 * Nikola Tesla says the name of Metis during a broken communication with Alex Tesla, which Mercurye overhears
 * The approximate number of metas in Atlanta before the Invasion is given as "two hundred" by Mercurye