Chapter 1 - Chapter 17 Summary

Chapter 1 - Alan Clay goes to bed at 1:12 a.m. in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 30, 2010. Clay will be presenting a holographic teleconference system to King Abdullah, hoping to gain the IT conference for the entire King Abdullah Economic City. A successful deal would abate his financial worries, and he would have money to pay for his daughter Kit's college education. Clay is in debt by more than $100,000 and is divorced. Alan thinks of his friend and neighbor, Charlie Fallon, who committed suicide by going into the lake.

Chapter 2 - Alan wakes up late, and will be two hours late to the meeting. He calls his coworker, Cayley, who explains that he's alright, because they are just setting up. Alan showers and has a driver called. Alan, dressed in his best, feels the lump on his spine, what he...