Point of View

The Destroyers open with a prologue told from the perspective of Elise, a recently divorced woman from New York City who has come to Patmos in the hopes of ridding her mind of her problems in the Big Apple and paying little attention to the news. “Wars could be breaking out in Canada for all she knew or cared,” but the narrative begins on Elise’s last day on Patmos and she must find her friend, Raina, so the two can board their ferry and catch their flight (2). When Elise finally locates Raina, she is waiting at a cafe hoping to say goodbye to a local man named Charlie who has been avoiding her for the last several days. Elise does her best to get Raina on the ferry, but the two are still sitting at the cafe when a bomb goes off at 11 a...