# The Lost Continent — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Lost Continent by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne.

- [Prefatory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/prefatory.md): The narrator and Dr. Coppinger discover a set of ancient wax-on-talc sheets in a cave on Grand Canary. Coppinger identifies the manuscript as Atlantean, written by Deucalion, and recognizes its immense historical value. 
- [My Recall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/i-my-recall.md): Deucalion learns from Tatho that he has been recalled from his governorship of Yucatan to Atlantis by Empress Phorenice. Tatho recounts Phorenice's rise from a swineherd's daughter to a military leader who deposed Zaemon
- [Back to Atlantis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/ii-back-to-atlantis.md): Deucalion reflects on his departure from Yucatan after being replaced by Tatho, who criticizes his lack of personal wealth and power. Despite their philosophical differences, Tatho provides a ship for Deucalion's return 
- [A Rival Navy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/iii-a-rival-navy.md): Deucalion's fleet, reduced to five ships after storms and scurvy, approaches Atlantis and encounters a hostile navy of six vessels. After a parley with Dason, who demands Deucalion's surrender, Tob refuses and a fierce s
- [The Welcome of Phorenice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/iv-the-welcome-of-phorenice.md): Deucalion arrives in Atlantis and is welcomed by Empress Phorenice, who elevates him above all other men. During a procession through the city, Phorenice reveals that Atlantis is under siege by rebels and shows Deucalion

> 17 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_lost_continent_se_753kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Zaemon's Curse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/v-zaemon-s-curse.md)
- [VI: The Biters of the City Walls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/vi-the-biters-of-the-city-walls.md)
- [VII: The Biters of the Walls (Further Account)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/vii-the-biters-of-the-walls-further-account.md)
- [VIII: The Preacher from the Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/viii-the-preacher-from-the-mountains.md)
- [IX: Phorenice, Goddess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/ix-phorenice-goddess.md)
- [X: A Wooing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/x-a-wooing.md)
- [An Affair with the Barbarous Fishers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xi-an-affair-with-the-barbarous-fishers.md)
- [The Drug of Our Lady the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xii-the-drug-of-our-lady-the-moon.md)
- [The Burying Alive of Nais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xiii-the-burying-alive-of-nais.md)
- [Again the Gods Make Change](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xiv-again-the-gods-make-change.md)
- [XV: Zaemon’s Summons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xv-zaemon-s-summons.md)
- [Siege of the Sacred Mountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xvi-siege-of-the-sacred-mountain.md)
- [Nais the Regained](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xvii-nais-the-regained.md)
- [Storm of the Sacred Mountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xviii-storm-of-the-sacred-mountain.md)
- [Destruction of Atlantis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xix-destruction-of-atlantis.md)
- [XX: On the Bosom of the Deep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xx-on-the-bosom-of-the-deep.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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