The Back of the Turtle

Sonny walks past the co-op and stops to observe the unusual number of cars parked in the lot. As he watches, several people who have closed up shop and left Samaritan Bay emerge from their cars. Sneaking into a nearby alley, he collects supplies for his tower. As he gets to work on the beach, he notices a bird winging across the sky, the first bird he’s seen since That One Bad Day.

At Domidion, Winter has tracked Little and Rose’s last known location to Samaritan Bay. She updates Dorian on the Athabasca River kill count: countless fish and mammals, and eight humans, with thirty-five more ill in the hospital.

Crisp takes Gabriel out of Samaritan Bay and up into the mountains. He stops the car on the steep drop-off and points to a stream below, which is ringed with a border of destroyed landscape. He asks Gabriel, “[W]hat think we of your handiwork?” (388).

After moving into her grandmother’s old house, Mara visits Lilly’s home, where she is assailed by sorrowful memories. As she sits down to cry, she spots a black-haired young woman in the doorway.

Dorian calls Dr. Toshi’s office. Dr. Toshi has prepared a bed for him at Toronto General Hospital and asks him to stay overnight.