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Chapters (81)
  1. Cover
  2. Back Cover Text
  3. Praise
  4. Booklist
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Author
  7. Chapter One
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. Chapter Ten
  17. Chapter Eleven
  18. Chapter Twelve
  19. Chapter Thirteen
  20. Chapter Fourteen
  21. Chapter Fifteen
  22. Chapter Sixteen
  23. Chapter Seventeen
  24. Chapter Eighteen
  25. Chapter Nineteen
  26. Chapter Twenty
  27. Chapter Twenty-One
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four
  31. Chapter Twenty-Five
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  46. Chapter Forty
  47. Chapter Forty-One
  48. Chapter Forty-Two
  49. Chapter Forty-Three
  50. Chapter Forty-Four
  51. Chapter Forty-Five
  52. Chapter Forty-Six
  53. Chapter Forty-Seven
  54. Chapter Forty-Eight
  55. Chapter Forty-Nine
  56. Chapter Fifty
  57. Chapter Fifty-One
  58. Chapter Fifty-Two
  59. Chapter Fifty-Three
  60. Chapter Fifty-Four
  61. Chapter Fifty-Five
  62. Chapter Fifty-Six
  63. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  64. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  65. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  66. Chapter Sixty
  67. Chapter Sixty-One
  68. Chapter Sixty-Two
  69. Chapter Sixty-Three
  70. Chapter Sixty-Four
  71. Chapter Sixty-Five
  72. Chapter Sixty-Six
  73. Chapter Sixty-Seven
  74. Chapter Sixty-Eight
  75. Chapter Sixty-Nine
  76. Chapter Seventy
  77. Chapter Seventy-One
  78. Chapter Seventy-Two
  79. Chapter Seventy-Three
  80. Chapter Seventy-Four
  81. Acknowledgments

He poked his head over the railing as far as he could reasonably manage and looked left and right. The waterway carried on as far as he could see both ways. This was just what he had expected when he had heard of the cut-throughs where panicked people could be rescued from the claustrophobic confines of Standedge.

And Robin could kind of understand why someone would panic. In comparison to the large and empty railway tunnel, the canal tunnel was tiny. There was no space beside the canal at all, and it looked barely high enough to be able to fit a boat through. It had to be a surreal experience, being so hemmed in to your surroundings. Robin couldn’t see why anyone would willingly want to travel through it.

He turned away from the canal and went back into the railway tunnel, the flashlight bouncing light off the far wall. Something flashed.

Robin thought he had imagined it at first, but on another pass, he saw it. There was something almost reflective in the wall. He went over to it and saw that there was a piece of blue tarpaulin slick with water. He reached out to touch it, expecting to press his hand against it. But his hand kept going, pushing it. The tarpaulin was covering something.

He wrenched the tarp aside.

Two sheets of metal were resting in a gap in the wall. They looked like they were painted some kind of red, but they had been dulled as though they had rusted. The two pieces came together as though they were doors. Robin almost had the urge to reach out and knock, but instead he ran his finger over the metal. There was something odd about the left sheet of metal and he had to reposition his torch to see what had caught his eye. But finally he saw.

The entire left sheet of metal had small holes all over its surface. And there seemed to be another sheet behind it that closed the holes. He reached out and pulled the sheet of metal back. It swung open like a door. There was a slider on the other side—he pushed it and the slats opened so he could see through the holes.

He didn’t know what it was, but it was hardly important. Instead he shone the torch beyond the door.