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Chapters (33)
  1. Title page
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. THREE
  6. FOUR
  7. FIVE
  8. SIX
  9. SEVEN
  10. EIGHT
  11. NINE
  12. TEN
  13. ELEVEN
  14. TWELVE
  15. THIRTEEN
  16. FOURTEEN
  17. FIFTEEN
  18. SIXTEEN
  19. SEVENTEEN
  20. EIGHTEEN
  21. NINETEEN
  22. TWENTY
  23. TWENTY-ONE
  24. TWENTY-TWO
  25. TWENTY-THREE
  26. TWENTY-FOUR
  27. TWENTY-FIVE
  28. TWENTY-SIX
  29. TWENTY-SEVEN
  30. TWENTY-EIGHT
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. By Gary Gibson
  33. Copyright page

‘You know,’ Rozalia said slowly, ‘it’s not as if there are a lot of places to hide something like that on an island this size, and that trawler’s about as far away from town as you can get, while still being within reach.’

‘Look,’ I said, nodding towards the Patriot agents.

Rozalia and Chloe turned in time to see the three men get back in their jeep and drive away. The soldiers, meanwhile, continued to search the burned ruins. I wondered if Howes was still in charge of them, or if they were now entirely under Greenbrooke’s command.

‘We need to talk to Wallace,’ I said, ‘and find out what we can from him, if he’s lucid enough.’ Assuming he’s even still alive – and assuming we can get past any guards.

‘In that case,’ said Rozalia, ‘I think you should speak to him, Jerry. I’ll go check out the trawler.’

I shook my head. ‘Not on your own,’ I said. ‘It’s too much of a risk. I’ll come with you.’

She put her hand on my wrist. ‘I appreciate that, but this is personal, Jerry. And . . . don’t take it the wrong way, but you haven’t been at this job long enough. You’re good, but you’re still new, and I can track him a lot better if I go on my own.’

‘She’s right,’ said Chloe. ‘You and me can go and talk to Wallace, if it’s at all possible. Rozalia can handle things on her own just fine.’

I looked back at Rozalia. ‘If Casey’s there . . .’

‘Well, even if he is, he won’t know I’m there.’ Rozalia’s mouth spread wide in a rictus-like grin that sent shivers through me. ‘Not until he feels my knife against his throat, anyway.’ She nodded towards our jeep. ‘Mind if I take that? It’s a lot farther to the trawler than it is to the hospital.’

‘Sure,’ I said, and Rozalia moved towards the jeep. Chloe reached out a hand and stopped her.

‘I need more of those pills,’ she said. ‘I can’t afford to feel tired. Not while all this is happening.’

Rozalia hesitated a moment, then took the plastic tin out of the pocket where she’d stashed it and dropped it in Chloe’s hand. ‘Don’t overdo it,’ she warned.

I watched her drive off, and felt Chloe’s hand slip into mine.

‘C’mon,’ she said. ‘Let’s go and see Wallace.’

TWENTY