Book 1, Chapters 9-10 Summary

Mark and Kitty visit the ruins of St. Hilarion Castle, and Ari and Mandria reconnoiter the tiny harbor, which Aphrodite can enter but not easily turn around in. Ari heads to the Dome to meet Mark, whom he already knows, and Kitty, who instantly engages him in verbal fencing. Ari reveals "Operation Gideon," his plan to force the British to rethink their immigration policy. Mark receives an inside story to file with ANS about the British seizing a ship crowded with 300 orphans, whose plight will resonate in the West. Kitty will courier out forged documents, since the British will not suspect an American Christian of cooperating with Mossad. At worst, Kitty will be deported. Kitty says defiantly that she has seen every evil inside a Cook County hospital and needs no tour to make up her mind. Ari bets...