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  1. COVER PAGE
  2. PRAISE FOR TEDDEKKER’S NOVELS
  3. TITLE PAGE
  4. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  5. LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
  6. DEDICATION
  7. TABLE OF CONTENT
  8. PROLOGUE
  9. CHAPTER ONE
  10. CHAPTER TWO
  11. CHAPTER THREE
  12. CHAPTER FOUR
  13. CHAPTER FIVE
  14. CHAPTER SIX
  15. CHAPTER SEVEN
  16. CHAPTER EIGHT
  17. CHAPTER NINE
  18. CHAPTER TEN
  19. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  20. CHAPTER TWELVE
  21. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  22. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  23. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  24. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  25. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  26. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  27. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  37. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  47. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  53. EPILOGUE

It took a moment for Ingersol and David to realize they had been dismissed. David left with words buzzing through his head. They weren’t Friberg’s words. They were the words spoken by Casius a day earlier and they were suggesting he go away for a while.

Far away.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“HELLO, MARISA. Sorry to wake you. I missed you last night and I woke early.”

“It’s okay. I just got up. Where are you?”

Sherry hesitated and shifted the receiver. “I had the . . . vision again last night—” Her voice broke and she cleared her throat.

The phone sat silent at her ear.

“I’m leaving for a few days. Maybe a week. Maybe longer, I don’t know.”

“Leaving? Where are you now?”

“Well, that’s just it. I’m at the airport. I’m going to Venezuela, Marisa.”

“You’re doing what?”

“I know. It sounds crazy. Like going back into the snake pit. But I had this talk with Helen, and . . . well, there’s a flight that leaves at eight. I have to be on it.”

“What about passports or visas? You can’t just hop on a plane and take off, can you? Who are you staying with?”

“My parents got me dual citizenship, so actually, yes—I can just hop on a plane. I’ll be there in twenty-four hours. It’s just a trip, Marisa. I’ll be back.”

The phone went silent again.

“Marisa?”

“I can’t believe you’re actually doing this! It’s so sudden.”

“I know. But I’m going. Something’s . . . going on, you know? I mean, I don’t know what, but I’ve got to go. For my own sanity, if nothing else. Anyway, I wanted you to know. So you don’t worry.”

“Don’t worry? Sure, okay. You’re going back into the jungle to look for a boyfriend who’s been dead for ten years, but hey—”

“This isn’t about Shannon. I know he’s dead. This is different. Anyway, I’ve gotta get to the gate.”

Marisa sighed. “Watch yourself then, okay? Really.”

“I will.” Sherry smiled. “Hey, I’ll be back before you know it. No big deal.”

“Sure you will.”

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Sunday

“I DON’T know, but I don’t think it’s about the boy,” Helen said.

“It never was about the boy,” Bill replied. “Besides, I thought he was dead.”

“Yes. So they say. But it’s not about Tanya, either. Not really.”

“So you’ve said. Tanya is a Jonah, and it’s really about Nineveh.”

“I know, but I’m not sure it’s about Nineveh anymore either.”

“So now we don’t even know who the players are in this chess match of yours?”