Section 17 Summary

"The Lost Continent"

The title of this section is a reference to the ancient, some say mythological, continent of Atlantis. The quote is from an ancient Greek history and describes the citizens of Atlantis as being unlike anyone else on earth.

Upon leaving Minnie, Catherine tells Kamel that she has to leave. He becomes irritated that she's leaving his desperately OPEC project so close to her deadline but nonetheless understands her reasons for going - some of the things he says, in fact, lead Catherine and Lily to believe he's part of the game, on the Black Side, as well. They leave the city on their mission, driving across the desert in Lily's car; Lily follows the route on Minnie's map, which she has committed to her excellent, chess-trained memory, while Catherine reads Mireille's journal aloud, translating as she goes and discovering that...