Section Three: Chapters 9-12 Summary

Mark sits in his lab at Oxford, thinking about his brother and not participating in the creation of the gas. He is thinking of all the young men preparing for the coming invasion when Smith and Stern arrive. Mark explains to Stern the gas classifications and Smith divulges Sarin gas has been classified with a black cross. Smith proceeds to tell Mark there is another more deadly gas being experimented on called Soman and that he is sending someone in to retrieve a sample and shut down the production of the gas. He requests that Mark accompany the mission. Mark declines. Presently, an Air Force Captain arrived with an envelope. Inside is a telegram that his brother, David's plane was shot down and there were no survivors. At first, Mark thinks that the timing is odd and...