Summary

The novel transitions to a subchapter that focuses on Gig. Gig has left Spokane and is wandering around the Pacific Northwest. He decides to look for Reston, as he wonders what job or project Reston is now pursuing. Gig wanders from town to town, taking various jobs. He realizes that the best thing he can do for Rye is to stay away from him, as Rye is the more responsible and stable of them. Gig finds Reston. Reston recruits Gig into a plot to assassinate Brand and a high-ranking Spokane police officer. Reston’s method involves disguised, makeshift bombs. Gig hates both Brand and the officer, but he also worries that the bombs might harm passersby. Ultimately, Gig feels so defeated and desperate for a purpose that he decides to cooperate with Reston. However, on the day of the assassinations, it becomes...