The fact that most people don’t know where Idaho is, is exactly why my mother and I moved here-so people wouldn’t find us. Don’t ask me what state Idaho is in-news flash-Idaho is a state. If you passed me walking home from school you probably wouldn’t even notice me. My name is Michael Vey, and the story I’m about to tell you is strange. There was a long pause, then the voice on the phone replied darkly, “Yes. And if they don’t turn, there’s always Cell 25.” “I know better than anyone,” the well-dressed man said, tapping his ruby-capped pen on his desk. You know how difficult they are to turn at this age.” “Time isn’t on our side,” the voice returned sharply. It’s just a matter of time before we find them-or they step into one of our traps.” I’ve put out a million-dollar bounty on the last two, we’ve got spiders crawling the Web, and we have a whole team of investigators scanning global records for their whereabouts. “Remind the board that I’ve already found fifteen of the seventeen children. “Is that what you want me to tell the board?” “They’re two children among a billion-finding them is like finding a lost chopstick in China.” But we believe we’re close-and they still don’t know that we’re hunting them.” “Not yet,” the well-dressed man on the other end of the phone replied. “Have you found the last two?” The voice on the phone was angry and coarse, like the sound of car tires over broken glass. This book has been cataloged with the Library of Congress.Ĭhapter 15: The Man Who Wore Sunglasses at NightĬhapter 44: The Contract and a “Simple” Demonstration of Loyalty Manufactured in the United States of America For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-86 or visit our website at The text of this book was set in Berling LT Std.
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