Part One, Discontinuity: Chapters 4 - 6 Summary

The helicopter circles low and communications are lost. Bisesa's phone complains of feeling lobotomized. Moallim watches it until it is low enough and fires the RPG. At the last moment, Abdikadir shouts a warning to Casey, but too late to avoid a hit that causes the helicopter to go down. Moallim rises out of his hole to face the villagers, but the entire village is gone. An animal roars, and the helicopter goes down. Josh and Ruddy see it fall to the earth, thinking Russians are involved. The pilots manage to land heavily and the last thing Bisesa sees is a man running towards them pointing some kind of rifle.

Kolya's exposure to the Discontinuity is subtle. The Soyuz is a ferry ship due to return to earth, and Anatole Krivalapov, Musa Ivanov and Sable...