Chapter 16 Summary

Carmody, Greer, and Ike are out on the fishing boat for days. They do not know how to use the fancy new equipment and are unable to catch any fish. Finally, the computer tells them that there is a large school of fish. When they arrive, however, they find a collection of fish and slime eels feeding off a dead body. They identify the body as Omar Loop, the missing father of Louise Loop. They receive an urgent telephone message to return to the town for an emergency meeting of the Underdogs. Foxcorp has been trying to buy the Underdog property and the men are needed to keep the town from making a mistake in selling to Foxcorp.

Chapter 16 Analysis

The irony of the new fishing boat is that it is designed to make fishing effortless but that the experienced fishermen of the...