Summary

Book II is titled "The Keeper's House" and like Book I is led by a quote from The Bible, this one from the Book of Revelations: “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it...”

It is over a year after Jesse's death. Sweetland is sailing his boat around the island to an isolated alcove, the only spot aside from Chance Cove where one can disembark from a boat. He gets out of his boat and sets his boat, still running, purposely toward the open ocean. He isn't certain of his actions. He has a large food pack and other camping tools, intending to find a place to camp. he is near the Priddle brothers' cabin, and knows they are in residence until the final ferry leaves the island. He hacks his way through the bush and finds a hiding...