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1. Amy, Jeannette, Bill Reynolds • Memphis convent

2. Jonas Lear emails to Paul Kiernan: Bolivia expedition attacked

3. Wolgast & Doyle get Carter from Texas prison death row

4. Convent all aflutter about Amy • Wolgast & Doyle (W&D) head to memphis

5. Grey and other "sweeps" at Colorado compound • Richards and Sykes monitor subjects

6. Zoo visit; bedlam • W&D get Amy

7. Carter's van ride from Denver to compound

8. W&D head west with Amy • County Fair

9. Grey obsesses about Fanning • Paulson confronts Grey in commissary • Carter recalls meeting Rachel and how she died • W&D officially on the run

10. Sister Arnette restless after media frenzy • Lacey: "Wolgast loves Amy. It's not him." • Lacey bolted • Richards docks Grey for tardiness • Zero mind-melds with Grey • Grey barfs from blood "taste"

11. Hiding in car wash • Surrendering in diner • Richards busts them all out • Helicopter escape

12. Wolgast spends a month in solitary • Sykes get W to talk to Amy • Grey has blackouts...everyone's quiet and looks terrible • Carter "flips" and kills a tech • Richards regrets convent cleanup • Lacey approaches compound on foot • W tells Amy about Eva

13. Lacey hops a cargo truck • Richards must take care of Doyle • Grey gives himself to Zero

14. Subjects loose, mayhem at the compound • Lear leads W & Amy from wreckage • W and Amy escape as Lacey moves in, finds Doyle • W & Amy find them • Richards grabs an RPG • Doyle, Wolgast, Amy & Lacey make it to getaway car as "Carter" gets Richards • Doyle & Lacey sacrifice for Wolgast & Amy

15. New car, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon • W drive them to childood camp in Cascades • Brad remembers how he met Lila...torn achilles • Courting • Marriage and pregnancy, complications, birth, Eva • Amy is a natural swimmer • Brad's 1st trip down the mountain in 3 weeks; Sees headlines at dry goods store, gets ammo & anti-vampire tips from clerk

16. Amy can read; Forest fire and aftermath • News article: "Chicago falls and California secedes;" OBE; "The time for rest is over."

17. Amy's 1st snow; She feels her mother is dead • Wolgast deals with their 1st visitor • Winter, then spring; Nuclear detonation • Wolgasts wounds get bad; Amy's gone, Wolgast walks into the woods.

[Philadelphia evacuation notice]

18. Ida Jaxon journal excerpt: Exodus trains carrying kids; Daddy was a radiologist; Daddy took me to the train at night; Some carts cut loose; Long train to CA; Terrence finds Ida; First Night, lights came on

* Diagram of First Colony, circa 92 A.V., presented at conference April 1003 A.V. (911 years later)

* DOCUMENT OF ONE LAW, Ratified 17 A.V. Household • Seven trades • Watch • Sanctuary • Walkers • Quarantine

19. Peter on Full Watch, on the wall; Sara returns with herd; Final night of Theo's Mercy; Ocean; Long rides; Demo Jaxon's last ride; Shift change

20. Watch log, Day 41-50, Summer 92 A.V. (Several virals approach, Arlo bags one.) • Log attack & Arlo's kill described described; Galen pairs w/ Maus, Theo's heartbbreak; Maus, pregger, not going on this supply run • Alicia joins supply run; She is a badass, lives alone (as does her adopted father The Colonel); Michael the engineer requests a microprocessor • They set out for a power station near San Gorgino pass, spot a day-hunting viral; Alicia wants to engage, Theo says leave it be; Later they detour around a pod of dozing virals; They arrive at the station [somewhere between Calimesa and Beaumont, judging by the I-10 sign on p 290]; Tech crew is missing • Peter remembers his parents; Mom's stinging final words... • Station crew still out at dusk, away party settles in; While others sleep, Alicia and Peter find books from Time Before and a cache of rifles and ammo; Up on the roof, under the stars; Alicia asks Peter about marriage; Pod of virals chases Caleb back to station; Peter caps one point plank.

21. Michael ponders electricity, batteries decaying, light will go out in a year or two. No one else knows; He's known for a year. • Why no radio since 17A.V. Michael finds Rex's radio log book; Michael thinks about Alicia in spite of himself; Elton knows about batteries. • Patchwork radio receiver gets nothing(from west); Elton's blind; Sara bagged a rabbit...worrying about the radio, and the expedition. • Sara recalls leaving Sanctuary on her 8th birthday; Maus had baby; Sara visits Leigh & Dora Wilson in Sanctuary. • Sara dreams of Peter, who doesn't reciprocate; Sara visits Gabe in the infirmary; Gabe's cancer • Sara brings stew to Elton in the lighthouse, Elton plays her Stravinsky to show her what she "looks" like to him.

22. Back safely, Caleb talks about Zander; Zander attacks the jenny; "you're safe up in the tower;" No answers; guns belonged to Peter's & Theo's father. • Dad wanted to form an army and fight; Alicia likes the idea, Theo says forget it. • Burning four viral corpses. • Arlo, Finn & Ray stay at station, others head back to colony. • Smoke hunt at library; Bulletin board biohazard warning sign; Fifty euthanized children inside. They burn it. • The fire wakes dozers who chase them to the mall; Hiding in a sunlit atrium; Virals fling Theo up through the open roof; Alicia bags one. • Peter runs, finds a young girl at the carousel. • The girl hides Peter under the carousel, leads him to the roof.

23. Girl, alone, walking, hears voices: Who am I  •  I am Babcock, Morrison, Chavez... [all 12 names. p352] • Girl calls birds and they come. • Bring them to me Amy.

24. Peter sits the final hours of Theo's Mercy. • Arlo and crew return, four days overdue. • Peter goes to his house, see trainees drilling; Sanjay asks about inconsistencies in expedition stories; Sanjay and Soo "ease" Peter aside o Dana can be household. • At Dark Night stone Caleb and Peter talk.

25. Michael waits for signal; Sanjay sleepwalks; Michael takes a stroll, wanders to Sunspot, sits with Maus. Sanjay & Galen give mouse grief for leaving the infirmary. • Gabe crashes. Mar asks and Sara makes special tea for Gabe. • Peter visits Auntie; Horrid tea; "She's comin'."

26. Colonel hops the wall, charges three virals; Alicia rappels down, grabs the girl and returns. A viral gets in! • In Sanctuary, Hollis bags the viral. • Sara treats the girl, Peter recognizes her; Sara sees/fee;s something in the girls eyes; Caleb's under arrest.

27. Teacher was killed by viral; Massive inquest: Caleb guilty, Alicia reassigned, Soo resigns; Power station left unattended. • Michael tries to process the military signal.

28. Petr consoles Alicia outside Colonel's hut. • Angry parents square off with Dale at the lockup; Alicia stares down Milo & Sam; Alicia gives Caleb a blade.

29. Sanjay hears Babcock...All his life. Sanjay knew about the guns, prefers Galen over Theo (for Maus). • Sanjay considers Amy as she sleeps; Everything about her is wrong. Jimmy senses it; Sanjay doubles the guard on Caleb.

30. Peter & Alicia sneak into infirmary; Amy followed Peter. Michael: Amy is a radio transmitter. • Transmitter removed from Amy's nape.

31. Sanjay's long nap and resultant fogginess.

32. Peter and Alicia guard lockup from a distance. • Elton reeks; Michael accesses data in Amy's transmitter.

33. Peter visits Amy; Sara removes Amy's & Peter's stitches; Amy tells Peter "She misses you."

34. Maus has a secret, but her husband Galen does not; Maus and Galen bicker.

35. Auntie keeps writing and book-binding; Jimmy visits Auntie. • Jimmy considers killing the lights. • Soo regrets being distracted by books. • Everyone dreams; Little Jane dreams of bears. • Gloria's bee dream; Elton's hay dream. • Galen's angry at Maus, angry about the power station mission. • Sam's concern shifts from Caleb to Amy. • Michael decrypts Amy's chip, constructs an antenna. • Jimmy kills Dana & Soo; Lights go out.

36. Well coordinated attack from virals kills several colonists, and no virals; Strong dissention brews; Alicia claims responsibility, mob attacks her; Ian declares martial law.

37. Maus vows to leave and find Theo.

38. When the lights went out (from Michael's POV); Tells Peter to come hear Amy.

39. Michael parses data from Amy's chip: she's a hundred years old? • Someone in Colorado is calling Amy back...

40. Peter tells Sara about Amy's chip's info; Going to Colorado?  • Sanjay did something, but he's losing his mind. • Auntie shows Peter old maps; "They're getting the guns..."

41. Sara observed Amy during the attack. • Aftermath: Milo & Sam go after Amy at the infirmary, several die; Two dead in storehouse - suicide? Fetching maps from Auntie's • Group of seven - Alicia, Sara, Michael, Caleb, Maus, Peter, Amy - head out for Colorado.

42. Down the mountain, getting guns; Hollis catches up with them at the power station. • Planning to reach supply bunker, 10k north of 29 Palms. • Back at colony: Gloria demands blood, angry mob starts throwing people over the wall; Galen lead a motley posse to go after the Colorado crew.

43. Seven arrive at Joshua Valley supply dump; Virals try to get in; Amy diffuses the tension - virals leave. • Colorado crew continues in withering heat, arrive at 29 Palms, USMC base • Enormous bunker, sealed and safe.

44. From the Journal of Sara Fisher. Sara describes basic living conditions at the bunker; They all learn weapons; Horpse steps on a land mine; Virals get horse corpse; Two humvees working; Setting out for Vegas, reaching Kelso; Three virals attack at night, Hollis is shot.

45. Heading into Vegas; Tanks, huge defensive perimeter around Vegas. • No way out of town; At sunset they take refuge in tall white tower; At a casino (Milagro), "Slims" at the blackjack table; Rooms on the 15th floor; Peter and Sara talk; A viral busts in through the window, grabs Sara. • Going after Sara; "It's a trap;" Massive viral assault on casino; Downstairs in the kitchen, Peter comes face to face with a viral; Strangers in flame-thrower truck save them all.

46. Theo held prisoner; Fat Lady Dream...

47. In the humvee, heading away from Vegas for Colorado; Two strangers driving the humvee confiscate their weapons, the truck continues west; Olson Hand. • Michael comes out of it in an old abandoned prison...The Haven; Was out three days. • Billie, Jude and Orson tells of the rescue; Michael remembers events differently; Sara's passed note: Tell them nothing.

48. What little Peter knows about Olson & the Haven; What happened before Michael woke up; Meet The Travelers party; Party feels weird...staged; "Your females...they're fertile?"

49. This place is wack; We're bolting as soon as Michael is OK; We're all dreaming about the fat lady; Mira feeds Michael, them makes a move...Billie and some others interrupt and admonish Mira; they give him a weird drink, then ask if he can fix stuff.

50. Maus lets Amy feel her unborn baby kick; Amy tells her Theo is here.

51. Babcock recalls his fat, smoky, abusive momma; He senses Amy.

52. Michael's not in the infirmary; Olson is lying; May and Maus are gone. • Billie takes Michael to Gus's locomotive.

53. Voice taunts Theo with info about Alicia and Maus...wants Theo to kill the fat lady...using Theo to get (at) the others, unsuccessfully.

54. Sara distracts guards, the crew heads for the nearby abandoned prison, find a humvee; Olson catches them; "You don't know about Babcock." • Michael gets the train running.

55. Olson tells about Babcock, the Ring, Jude...Stresses the difficulty and importance of killing Babcock. • Babcock arrives at old prison and begins Ring ceremony, feels Amy's presence. • Peter literally drops in, is apprehended by Jude, who is quickly dispatched by Hollis. • Maus shuts off the fuel tank, sees Amy protect Theo from Babcock. • Maus distracts, Babcock flies up, Alicia launches RPG. • Leon, bound and gagged. • They get Theo. • Michael drives the big train, everyone hops aboard; Virals attack the train; Peter is on the roof but is pulled into a car by Hollis & Caleb; Humvee races side by side with the train; Olson wants to save Mira; Alicia rescues Sara; Explosion cuts trailing cars loose from engine. • Train stops, wounds are dressed, options are weighed; Jude ambushes Caleb; Alicia mourns. • Olson bolts; Amy breaks her silence: "There aren't 40 million. There are 12."

56. From the Journal of Sara Fisher.  Continuing east; Amy talking more, says Gus told her about cutting the cars loose. Hollis and Sara stand watch; Two night stop. Forest fire; burned virals. Sara falls for Hollis. Nice farm; Stay there a week. Maus & Theo remain at farm. Amy: The man can't stop dying; We're in Colorado.

57. Walking east, through western Colorado; Amy's leading now; Peter doesn't miss the Haven, the Colony, or, really, Theo; Amy remembers Snow Angels and Jacob Marley. • Alicia hits Peter with some very heavy ideas about his destiny, (p629) and how he's the only one who doesn't seem to see it. • Trapped in a net.

58. Theo & Maus, home on the farmstead; Maus: We're safe here. Theo: I doubt it. • Peter et al trapped by Maj. Greer's patrol.

59. Hoofing back to the patrol's garrison; into the General's tent; Republic of Texas; General lays down the law w/r/t the women; Private Alicia Donadio's big reveal. • Alicia (re)joins the troops.

60. General brings Peter up to speed on the war; The rest of the world? Blue Squad departs on patrol; Hollis reminds Peter that he (Peter) is in charge; Michael fits right in with the grunts. • Movie night - bugging out tomorrow; Peter sees his first movie "Dracula." [the 1931 version with Bela Lugosi] Blue Squad's hasty return interrupts movie; Alicia: "We found the mine." • Michael tells Peter about Blue Squad's engagement; Peter feels a pull, wants to stay and fight; Greer says no way; He knows about Amy too.

61. The army moves out for the virals' mine; days later squads return in shambles; Alicia returns with Muncey, and shortly thereafter administers his Mercy. • Breaking camp; Hollis plays guitar; Peter tells him to take Sara and leave with the army. • Peter tells Greer that he and Amy are leaving tomorrow. • Peter says goodbye to Alicia, and doesn't say something else... • Peter and Amy slip out at dawn, no weapons.

62. Peter and Amy soldier on through the snow. • They hear singing...Lacey.

63. Sara cares for Pvt. Sancho who has 3rd degree burns all over; She hopes for the future; Remembers her parents' suicide. • The Many...

64. Back at Theo & Maus's, they adopt a stray dog that wandered into the barn....somehow. • Conroy (the dog) is now part of the family; Theo feels blessed (but how had Conroy got into that barn?)

65. Lacey recalls Carter's attack (from p208); Lacey's sickness was cured by a bearded stranger (Lear) • Lacey tells Peter and Amy how she and Lear made a life together. • Lacey fills gaps in Amy's memory of First Night, gets out paperwork that Lear shared.

66. Patrol encounters Peter & Amy's (actually Greer's) horse

67. Peter reads subject files [details of the Twelve; names, birthdates, Crime, jurisdiction] Lacey tells Peter more; Noah's Ark; Lacey: "Babcock is coming."

68. Lacey takes Peter & Amy into mountain tunnel; vials of "last virus" • Patrol in snowy woods; Michael is attacked, Amy helps. • Lacey locks herself in and Peter & Amy out, sets the bomb.  • Patrol finds refuge in Lacey's house • Lacey senses Babcock • Virals assault the house, Alicia gets bitten. • Lacey lures Babcock into the tunnel...just...in....time.

69. Amy releases souls to their newly released bodies (183 by name) • Peter gives Alicia a vial of Lacey's cure. • Alicia gets worse; Hollis and Michael scout for food; Alicia gets even worse and starts to change; Peter administers Alicia's Mercy.

70. Maus's water breaks. • Birth. • Looking for the dog; Attacked in the barn...

71. Peter, Greer, Michael, Sara, Alicia, packing up and heading down the mountain; Alicia is a friggin' superhero now. • Nordic skiing. • Michael relates his viral theory. • Greer considers Dracula. • Patrol arrives at Theo-Maus haus.

72. Memorial service for Galen; Peter and Theo square accounts. • Peter prepares to change himself;  Amy burns the vials of cure • Sara Theo, Maus & Hollis head south.

73. Power Station: there was a battle here; Colony is empty; "Now we go to war."

74. Amy leaves, to say one last goodbye...

From the Journal of Sara Fisher. Headed south into New Mexico. Virals all around, they're trashing our gear, but they're leaving us alone; They want Maus's baby; Carrizozo, then Hondo, then the garrison on the east side of Roswell. [Journal recovered at Roswell site]