Summary

Chapter 1 – The novel returns to the present day. David’s flight home continues. The novel then shifts into the past to David’s ship passage aboard the Agnita, in which he wonders how Sandy and Grace are getting along. David does his best to avoid talking to anyone else on the ship. The Agnita makes port several times on the way to Caracas, but at Kingstown, St. Vincent, David gets off.

Chapter 2 – St. Vincent is beautiful to David, who immediately attempts to call home, but no one answers. David dreams of Grace being trapped beneath ice, and of darkness. It is now April, 1977. David wonders if Grace is indeed dead, and if she has been buried. He calls the Channel 3 station and speaks with friend and coworker, Kay, asking her if she has heard from Sandy, but the connection...