Chapter 16, Legba, Chapter 17, The Squirrel Wood, and Chapter 18, Names of the Dead Summary

In chapter sixteen, Rhea wakes Bobby and gives him some of her brother's ornate clothes, to which Bobby strenuously objects. When Bobby sees Lucas, the first thing he asks is who killed his mother. It's a question Lucas, too, would like to answer. Lucas takes Bobby into the Sprawl, the metropolis surrounding New York, in his ornate Middle Eastern limo driven by an AI named Ahmed, equipped with advanced countersurveillance to ensure privacy. Bobby asks if he's been held prisoner, and Lucas says he won't let Bobby go but that Bobby's in no danger. Lucas explains a little more about voodoo, and Jackie's role as Danbala's horse, an instrument the god uses to act in the world.

Bobby and Lucas go...