45 pages 1 hour read

Paolo Bacigalupi

The Water Knife

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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Chapters 31-37

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Chapter 31 Summary

Angel buys a disposable phone so he can get in touch with Case. As he’s talking with Case, he notices a group of gangbangers stalking a man wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey. Angel expects the gangbangers to jump the man, but instead, a group of other Texans surround the man and back the cholobis down.

 

Angel tells Case that he had to dump his phone and his car. Case wants to know what Angel knows about the dams. Three dams are currently down: Blue Mesa Dam, Crystal, and Morrow Point Dam. Case keeps getting interrupted on the phone. She’s at a Cypress Five launch party. She is telling investors that she knew California was going to make a move on Blue Mesa Dam, but in reality, she had no idea.

 

Angel and Case discuss who they can trust within their own organization. Case thinks California may have flipped Ellis, because he was supposed to be watching what California was doing and gave her no warning about Blue Mesa Dam. Angel tells Case that Julio is dead and that he flipped for money. He also tells Case that he thinks there’s a good chance that Julio was ratting Las Vegas people out to the Calies.