CONTENTS 1
1．Episode 1 A Handful of Sand 1
2．Episode 2 Making an Offer 20
3．Episode 3 Feasibility 38
4．Episode 4 What’the Verdict？ 59
5．Episode 5 A Political Matter 78
6．Episode 6 Forming a Consortium 97
7．Episode 7 Agreements 118
8．Episode 8 Invitations 138
9．Episode 9 Getting the Message 158
10．Episode 10 We’re in Trouble 178
11．Episode 11 Evaluation 198
12．Episode 12 Power for the Plateau 217
13．Episode 13 The Last Visit 238
14．Key to exercises 257
15．Vocabulary 280
16．List of characters 295