56 pages 1 hour read

Michael Crichton, James Patterson

Eruption

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Chapters 53-80

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Chapter 53 Summary

Jenny comes into Mac’s office. Mac vents about his fear and the difficulty of the task before him. They drink some whiskey, and Jenny tells him to get back to work. Briggs calls Mac and tells Mac to come immediately to a remote cabin on the island in a hazmat suit.

Chapter 54 Summary

The vegetation around the cabin is black and dead. Inside, there are three dead men. Briggs tells Mac they are the bodies of soldiers who did not properly decontaminate after cleaning up the spill in the Ice Tube. Briggs tells Mac that Sergeant Noa also did not decontaminate. They do not know how many soldiers skipped the decontamination protocol. Mac leaves and calls General Rivers.

Chapter 55 Summary

Rivers and Mac meet. Rivers tells Mac to keep quiet about Agent Black and the possible epidemic. Rivers is going to declare martial law and partially evacuate the island. Rivers wants Mac to figure out a way to protect the canisters from breakage.

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