Chapters 9-12 Summary and Analysis

Bombs were falling all around them as they drove around in the truck as Chapter 9 began. Andy had lost any bit of orientation that he previously had, and they drove for an hour and a half. Still blindfolded, he couldn't see when they dragged him out of the vehicle, but he had a feeling that they put him in the same room as before. This time, they cuffed him to what he thought was a bed. Later he wiggled out of the blindfold and realized that it was the same room. His hands were swollen and still in agony, and he thought about Jilly to escape the pain.

After two hours, he was dragged back outside and put back in the truck. Dinger was with him once again. Andy was beginning to get worried about his hands, which were...