Chapters 96-101 Summary

Chapter 96 opens part five, the final part of the novel. A large team of agents from several different state and federal agencies gather outside the address Cindy received from the woman on the bus. They formulate a plan for a peaceful capture, and a violent one.

Inside the house, Malcolm, whose real name is Stephen Hardaway, one of Boxer's first leads, vows never to surrender. He pick sup a cell phone and sets off his final bomb.

From a safe distance away, Boxer and the other agents sees the house explode. They quickly survey the remains, but cannot confirm that Charles Danko was inside. Boxer finds the flower barrette that Cindy admired on the girl on the bus.

At the same time, Danko wanders around busy San Francisco, with a bomb in a briefcase. He watches people go about their day...