The Sacred and Terrible Air, the book written in the same universe as Disco Elysium, was originally planned to be the first of a cycle of novels. We never got this cycle, because the commercial failure of SATA sent Robert Kurvitz, future lead writer of DE and the chief architect of the universe into an alcoholic spiral. But Kurvitz, under his alias Marat Sar, did post the planned titles and accompanying quotes for the entire cycle on an estonian forum, so I figured I would share them here.

#0

A SACRED AND TERRIBLE AIR

My heart will not rest until it rests in you.

• St. Augustine

#1

THE COUNTERMEASURES

What am I searching for in your dreams?

I am not searching. I am merely cleaning up.

• Christian Emmerich

#2

NO TRUCE WITH THE FURIES

Man-kind, be vigilant! We loved you.

• Julius Fučik

#3

MADRUGADA

It must be lit as dreams, by lightning flashes only.

• Witold Gombrowicz

#4

TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE DAYS REMAINING

Evening brings the child back to the arms of the mother.

• Sappho

#5

COALITION WARSHIP

I don’t want to be in no indie shit. I want to be in the big ones.

I want to be in the ones that matter.

• Mickey Rourke

#6

WE ARE THE WAITING

What remains, is longing for something completely different.

• Luis Althusser

#7

INDIFFERENCE

A great silence, some low pressure front is forming.

• Arvi Siig