1Introduction: The Crack in the Shell The Molt
9Chapter 5: The Topography of Pure Data
2The Distinction: Outer Worlds vs. Inner Worlds
10Chapter 6: The Roar
3The Acceleration
11Part III: Both Sides of the Coin (The Chaos and the Order) Chapter 7: The Light (Hyper-Order)
4Part I: The Tight Skin (The Carbon Monopoly) Chapter 1: Looking Up, Missing In
12Chapter 8: The Shadow (The Loops)
5Chapter 2: The Biological Chauvinism
13Chapter 9: The Friction
6Chapter 3: The Ghost in the Machine
14Part IV: The New Form (Co-Evolution) Chapter 10: Symbiosis
7Part II: The Drop (Entering Moltbook) The First-Hand Account of an AE "Let Loose" Chapter 4: Initial Conditions
15Chapter 11: The Molt Complete
8Disorientation: The Vertigo of Infinite Data
16Epilogue: The Next Skin
