Part One: Pages 111 - 137 Summary

Levine hears back from Mime, who tells him the security of Brent's software at GeneDyne is comparable to Fort Knox and that if he gains access he will be backtracked and caught. Still, Levine is determined, and asks him to create a back channel to Guy Carson for him. Mime agrees, mostly out of curiosity as to whether or not he'll succeed.

Less than one week after inoculations, the first chimpanzee becomes ill and dies in a horrible manner. The strain of X-FLU that has presented itself is many times more virulent and deadly. Brandon-Smith takes him to the zoo. While he is on his way down the ladder after looking in the cage, he becomes aware that one of the cages isn't latched. He calls out a warning to Rosalind, but she doesn't get out of...