Book 3: Chapter 15, Press Summary

The twins turn 17 and start to become sexually aware. They have a new piano teacher named Jonathan Tomaini, who replaces Mama. Mama is starting to slip mentally and is taking more and more pills.

Arty's flock keeps growing, and all of them are there explicitly because of him. He now owns the followers. A reporter named Norval Sanderson appears to write a story about Arty and his group and starts to stick around more and more. Arty likes him. The story starts to be told partly through Norval's notes at this point. He describes the cult through his journalist-style writing. He asks questions about the group, analyzes them and writes articles. He discovers that members of Arty's group are resorting to breaking into shops to find food, because they have turned over all of their belongings to Arty and...