Chapter 99 Summary

Sime Anderson is called out for a testing of the new super weapon. There is some talk, not quite persiflage, that the explosion will set off some reaction that will disintegrate the entire world. There is also some concern that there will be no explosion but a mere "fizzle." There is a magnificent explosion and one scientist says, "That's the end of the war."

Byron, in a plane miles away, sees the light and thinks it is an electrical storm. He cannot secure a plane seat on his own and catches a ride with Pug to Germany. He sees Avram first who tells him he searched Prague—in the area Louis was last known to be living—to no avail. Byron and Natalie talk in the hospital garden and Natalie first holds Byron at arm's length, talking banalities. Avram warns him...