Chapter 23, Colonist Summary

Alai contacts Graff to accept his offer to leave earth. His people hate him even more than they hate Virlomi. He goes into hiding. Watching Vlad on the news shows him what he must do. He plans to make his own video to be released through Muslim networks so it is credible.

Randi tries not to draw attention to herself or her son and rejoices when she hears Julian Delphiki has been killed. But even with Bean dead, she can't tell anyone the truth about her son because they'll want to take him away for testing. She has to stay in hiding. Her son is so tiny, all she needs is a traveling bed, but his brilliant mind scares her. She works enough to support them, but the way Peter Wiggin and the FPE are taking over frightens her. She plans...