Chapter 8 Summary

Ike and Greer go to Skagway to pick up their friend, Billy Bellisarius. During the flight there, Ike remembers the missions he used to fly for the CIA in Central America. He also remembers how the Bakatcha Bandit started. When he is a crop duster in California, his daughter dies of birth defects. His first act of revenge is spraying sewage over a carnival. He continues spraying sewage over carnivals until he is sent to prison. Others continue the same practice after Ike goes to jail.

When they arrive in Skagway, they find that Reverend Greener, a cult leader who leads a commune, took Billy. Ike and Greer go to rescue him. When they get there, they also find Archie Culligan, a traveling partner of Mike Carmody's. During an argument with Greener, Ike knocks him out with a special trick. Ike, Greer, Billy...