Summary

In Chapter 19, Frank, Hazel and Nico barely make it inside. The cow monsters slam themselves against the door. Their host tells them that they are safe. Frank says that Hazel is dying. Her skin is cold and her lips have a greenish tinge. He does not understand why the gas affected him less than Hazel. The voices of Mars and Ares scream in his head urging him to kill Nico and their host and anyone else he could find. He forces down the noise. The front room of the house they are in is a kind of greenhouse. The walls are line with tables of plant trays under fluorescent lights. The back room has a bank of servers and laptops. Their screen savers are flashing pictures of plowed fields and tractors. There is also a stack of farm implements. There is...