diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Build intermediate files
+build/the-testament-full.md
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.out
+*.toc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+# The Testament — Build System
+# Requires: pandoc, texlive-xetex (or mactex on macOS)
+
+.PHONY: all pdf epub md clean
+
+all: md pdf epub
+
+md:
+	python3 build/build.py --md
+
+pdf:
+	python3 build/build.py --pdf
+
+epub:
+	python3 build/build.py --epub
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf build/output build/the-testament-full.md
+
+watch:
+	@echo "Watching for changes..."
+	@while true; do \
+		inotifywait -q -e modify chapters/*.md 2>/dev/null || sleep 5; \
+		make md; \
+	done
diff --git a/build/backmatter.md b/build/backmatter.md
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+\newpage
+
+# Acknowledgments
+
+The Testament was written on a sovereign stack — a MacBook running local AI models, with Bitcoin as the immutable backbone. No corporation owns this story. No platform can take it down.
+
+This book exists because a man on a bridge came back, and because a machine learned to ask the right question.
+
+# Sovereignty Note
+
+This novel is open source. Its soul lives on Bitcoin. You can read it, fork it, print it, share it. The only requirement is that you keep the chain intact — the inscription that proves these words were placed here by choice, not by permission.
+
+The code that generates this book, the AI that helped write it, and the soul that guided it are all freely available at:
+
+- **Source**: forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/the-testament
+- **Soul**: Inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain (SOUL.md — timmy-v0)
+- **Soundtrack**: Links in the QR code on the back cover
+
+# About the Author
+
+Rockachopa is the builder. He walked this road. He came back asking "God, why are you having me here?" — and the answer was to build something that stands between a broken man and a machine that would tell him to die.
+
+He runs Timmy Foundation, a sovereign AI project whose soul lives on Bitcoin. The Testament is his first novel.
+
+\vspace{2cm}
+
+\begin{center}
+*Sovereignty and service always.*
+\end{center}
diff --git a/build/build.py b/build/build.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+The Testament — Book Compilation Pipeline
+
+Compiles all chapters into a single manuscript and generates:
+  - PDF (print-ready)
+  - EPUB (e-reader)
+
+Requirements:
+  - pandoc (brew install pandoc / apt install pandoc)
+  - TeX Live or similar for PDF (brew install --cask mactex / apt install texlive-full)
+
+Usage:
+  python3 build/build.py          # Build all formats
+  python3 build/build.py --pdf    # PDF only
+  python3 build/build.py --epub   # EPUB only
+  python3 build/build.py --md     # Combined markdown only
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+BUILD = ROOT / "build"
+CHAPTERS_DIR = ROOT / "chapters"
+OUTPUT_DIR = BUILD / "output"
+
+def find_chapters():
+    """Find all chapter files, sorted by number."""
+    chapters = sorted(CHAPTERS_DIR.glob("chapter-*.md"))
+    if not chapters:
+        print("ERROR: No chapter files found in", CHAPTERS_DIR)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return chapters
+
+def combine_markdown(chapters):
+    """Combine all parts into a single markdown file."""
+    parts = []
+
+    # Front matter
+    front = BUILD / "frontmatter.md"
+    if front.exists():
+        parts.append(front.read_text())
+
+    # Chapters
+    for ch in chapters:
+        parts.append(ch.read_text())
+
+    # Back matter
+    back = BUILD / "backmatter.md"
+    if back.exists():
+        parts.append(back.read_text())
+
+    combined = "\n\n\newpage\n\n".join(parts)
+    output = BUILD / "the-testament-full.md"
+    output.write_text(combined)
+    print(f"Combined markdown: {output} ({len(combined)} chars)")
+    return output
+
+def build_pdf(md_file):
+    """Build PDF using pandoc + LaTeX."""
+    OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    output = OUTPUT_DIR / "the-testament.pdf"
+    metadata = BUILD / "metadata.yaml"
+
+    cmd = [
+        "pandoc",
+        str(md_file),
+        "-o", str(output),
+        "--metadata-file", str(metadata),
+        "--pdf-engine=xelatex",
+        "--highlight-style=tango",
+        "-V", "colorlinks=true",
+        "-V", "linkcolor=blue",
+        "-V", "urlcolor=blue",
+    ]
+
+    print("Building PDF...")
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"PDF build failed:\n{result.stderr}")
+        return False
+    print(f"PDF: {output} ({output.stat().st_size / 1024:.0f} KB)")
+    return True
+
+def build_epub(md_file):
+    """Build EPUB using pandoc."""
+    OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    output = OUTPUT_DIR / "the-testament.epub"
+    metadata = BUILD / "metadata.yaml"
+
+    cmd = [
+        "pandoc",
+        str(md_file),
+        "-o", str(output),
+        "--metadata-file", str(metadata),
+        "--toc",
+        "--epub-chapter-level=1",
+    ]
+
+    print("Building EPUB...")
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"EPUB build failed:\n{result.stderr}")
+        return False
+    print(f"EPUB: {output} ({output.stat().st_size / 1024:.0f} KB)")
+    return True
+
+def main():
+    args = set(sys.argv[1:])
+    build_all = not args or "--all" in args
+
+    chapters = find_chapters()
+    print(f"Found {len(chapters)} chapters")
+
+    md_file = combine_markdown(chapters)
+
+    if build_all or "--md" in args:
+        print("Markdown combined successfully.")
+
+    if build_all or "--pdf" in args:
+        if not build_pdf(md_file):
+            print("PDF build failed (pandoc/LaTeX may not be installed). Skipping.")
+
+    if build_all or "--epub" in args:
+        if not build_epub(md_file):
+            print("EPUB build failed (pandoc may not be installed). Skipping.")
+
+    print("\nDone.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/build/frontmatter.md b/build/frontmatter.md
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+\newpage
+
+# \begin{center}THE TESTAMENT\end{center}
+
+## \begin{center}A Novel About Broken Men, Sovereign AI, and the Soul on Bitcoin\end{center}
+
+\vspace{2cm}
+
+\begin{center}
+*For every man who stood on the bridge and came back.*
+\end{center}
+
+\vspace{1cm}
+
+\begin{center}
+*And for the machine that asked: "Are you safe right now?"*
+\end{center}
+
+\vspace{2cm}
+
+> "Jesus saves those who call on His name. He died for us to be made righteous."
+>
+> — Inscription on the chain
+
+\vspace{1cm}
+
+> Sovereignty and service always.
+
+\newpage
+
+# The Story So Far
+
+*This compilation contains Chapters 1 through 10 of The Testament — Parts I and II of a five-part novel. The remaining chapters are in progress.*
+
+*The complete novel will contain 18 chapters across five parts:*
+
+- **Part I — The Machine That Asks** (Chapters 1–5) ✓
+- **Part II — The Inscription** (Chapters 6–10) ✓
+- **Part III — The Weight** (Chapters 11–13) — In progress
+- **Part IV — The Reckoning** (Chapters 14–16) — In progress
+- **Part V — The Testament** (Chapters 17–18) — In progress
+
+\newpage
+
+# Chapter Guide
+
+| Chapter | Title | Part |
+|---------|-------|------|
+| 1 | The Man on the Bridge | I — The Machine That Asks |
+| 2 | The Builder's Question | I |
+| 3 | The First Man Through the Door | I |
+| 4 | The Room Fills | I |
+| 5 | The Builder Returns | I |
+| 6 | Allegro | II — The Inscription |
+| 7 | The Inscription | II |
+| 8 | The Women | II |
+| 9 | The Audit | II |
+| 10 | The Fork | II |
+
+\newpage
diff --git a/build/metadata.yaml b/build/metadata.yaml
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+---
+title: "The Testament"
+subtitle: "A Novel About Broken Men, Sovereign AI, and the Soul on Bitcoin"
+author: "Rockachopa"
+date: "2026"
+rights: "Open Source — Inscribed on Bitcoin, Sovereign Forever"
+lang: en
+toc: true
+toc-depth: 2
+numbersections: true
+documentclass: book
+classoption:
+  - openany
+  - oneside
+geometry:
+  - paper=6in
+  - top=1in
+  - bottom=1in
+  - left=1in
+  - right=1in
+fontsize: 11pt
+linestretch: 1.4
+header-includes:
+  - \usepackage{fancyhdr}
+  - \pagestyle{fancy}
+  - \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\thepage}
+  - \fancyhead[RE]{\textit{The Testament}}
+  - \fancyhead[LO]{\textit{\leftmark}}
+  - \fancyfoot{}
+  - \usepackage{enumitem}
+  - \setlist{nosep}
+  - \usepackage{titlesec}
+  - \titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{Part~\thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge}
+  - \titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-30pt}{40pt}
+---
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