Part II, The Cyclops: Chapters 27 - 29 Summary

Pitt wakens to find himself treated for his injuries, bandaged, and having slept on a feather bed. The luxuries end there. He is locked in the room. Knocking on the door brings an armed guard who escorts Pitt to a study where he is courteously interrogated by Peter Velikov, the head of Russia's most secret military installation. Pitt responds with dry sarcasm that he and his companions know nothing of the island and their appearance is merely an accident. Velikov does not believe Pitt. He promises to get the "truth" out of them and then he will have to kill them.

Ira Hagen finds Clyde Booth's setup in a filthy gas station that is clearly a set. The giveaway for Hagen is the highly sophisticated surveillance system that was at odds with the...