Summary

Chapter 48 begins with Kirsten and August arriving at the outskirts of Severn City. It is three days after they are separated from the Symphony. August carries his Starship Enterprise. They see resorts along the lake shore with broken windows. Kirsten hears a dog bark. She and August hide in the underbrush. A man appears on the road. He’s gaunt and filthy. It’s Sayid. He’s followed by two men with a gun and a bow and arrow respectively. A boy with a machete also follows. August throws a stone at the gunman and misses. Kirsten wields her knife at the archer and strikes, but doesn’t readily kill. The archer tells them they want what belongs to them: Eleanor, the stowaway. Sayid reveals that the prophet is coming with two other men and that Dieter is dead. He didn’t...