Part Four, Pale Fire: Chapter Seventeen Summary

Joe has finally come face-to-face with Nina. He also meets Louis Tucker, Rose's ex-husband. Louis explains to Joe that Rose was going to stay at the cabin but he believes it isn't safe because he thinks he was followed from the last safe house where Nina had been. When the lights of the cabin flicker on and off, Joe realizes that they have been found. Suddenly, Louis sets himself on fire. Running for their lives, Nina and Joe take off for the woods. The presence that had taken over Louis is now seeking to do the same to Joe. When Nina takes his hand to run the presence flees into a hawk. A battle of wills between Joe and the presence takes them further into the woods thus weakening the abilities of the...