workers on the twelfth floor saw him "hanging from his window ledge by his hands." play continues until all thirteen tricks are played, at which point the score is recorded. the court of appeal also hears appeals of criminal decisions of the high court. there are no shops or services within the village. then came a series of disasters which interrupted all further work. the next books include aru shah and the song of death, aru shah and the tree of wishes, aru shah and the city of gold, and aru shah and the nectar of immortality. 