Chapters 39 and 40 Summary

In Chapter 39, Sutjiadi starts screaming from the execution just before dawn. Kovacs removes the inhibitor the Wedge has installed to each of them on the back of their heads and sends Vongsavath to bring Loemanako to him. When Loemanako arrives, Kovacs rips his throat out and then instructs the others to help him remove the suit Loemanako is wearing. Kovacs puts on the suit and tells the others he's going outside to kill Sutjiadi and the spectators. He wants Deprez to go to the ship, the Chandra, kill the crew inside and make sure it is in working order to fly off. Kovacs tells Vongsavath to stay put because he needs her in one piece to fly them out on the Chandra.

In Chapter 40, Kovacs and Deprez head toward the shuttle, Chandra's Virtue. In the process, they can hear Sutjiadi's screams...