Chapters 52 through 62 Summary

On December 12, more than three thousand veterans around the country open their mailboxes to find a letter. It seems very official and includes dates of service for each. Then the letter states, "Please consider the enclosed a token of our appreciation for your services, a chance for your country to serve you." Inside are stocks, in the name of the recipient. Veteran Kenneth H. Sherwood received five thousand shares of General Motors stock. Each stock certificate was encircled by a green band.

The second section of the book, called "The Black Market," opens with David Hudson awakening in his room at a cheap motel. He's worried but not about Green Band. Billie Bogan has him concerned. More aptly, it's his feelings for the woman. Hudson worries that he'll make a major slip up because of Bogan but tells himself he has...