Chapters 55 through 57 Summary

The Arrival begins with chapter fifty-five, Guilder is furious that Lila allowed the virals to continue walking toward the humans even after the bomb was revealed. Guilder goes to the barracks and begins killing people at random when they can't tell him about Sergio. Wilkes, who has been Guilder's chief assistant, tells Guilder he's out of control and Guilder kills him too.

In chapter fifty-six, Peter's group run out of fuel about seventy miles from their destination in Iowa. It's brutally cold and at one point they find a shelter and burn copies of an encyclopedia. In chapter fifty-seven, Alicia gets away in the chaos following the bombing. She is lying on the ground, trying to recover from the wounds of her torture, when Amy finds her. Guilder realizes the members of the Twelve are near and that his plans are...