Chapters 59 and 60 Summary

In the Badger, Dirk feels like he is cooking alive. Then, the chapter skips to a nearby island, where the Odyssey engineers are watching the rocket takeoff. One of them notices that the rocket begins to oscillate beyond the norm. In Kang's ship, the engineers also observe the excess oscillation and discover that the rocket deviating 16° before it was launched. Following the rocket, the reader learns that Dirk's successful attempt to tilt the platform, along with the villains' hastiness in only partially filling the fuel tank has left the rocket over compensating the wobble before breaking apart and falling into the ocean.

Chapters 59 and 60 Analysis

The reader can only hold their breath and keep reading in order to learn if Dirk's plan is successful and to see if Dirk lives. Fortunately, the first concern is answered right away, when the...