Chapter 14 Summary

Brad Chandler is at the canyon rim, reviewing his preparations. His Park Service paperwork is in order. He has confirmed that charter flights are available from the Grand Canyon airport, reserved a jeep for a guided tour and collected information about the rules of canyon travel, including warnings of thunderstorms and flash floods during the monsoon season. He charmed a park worker into revealing that Joanna Craig had already descended into the canyon. He grows impatient because he has not heard from Sherman and dials his cell number.

After many rings, a cop named Moya answers and explains that Sherman has been shot and is in critical condition. The last he'd heard from his colleague, Sherman had been at the canyon rim preparing to head down with Billy Tuve. After Chandler tells Moya that he is in Phoenix at a hotel, he tries...