Chapters 33-34 Summary

Inside the antiseptic communications center within the destroyed sterile house, the players gather around a large table. Victoria Peak neighbors are sure Armageddon has arrived, and their lawyers are contemplating insurance claims. Only Webb shows no sign of exhaustion or fear. A summer storm of anger still brews within him. In a whisper, he demands to know who has done this to them. Havilland pleads guilty, but with "extenuating circumstances"—the crisis and Webb himself. Conklin insists on substantial detail. The crisis is real and catastrophe imminent, as a zealot, who no one can risk exposing, is leading a conspiracy that will destroy the Hong Kong Accords and spread chaos and war throughout Asia. All nations will be forced to choose sides. Webb talks about the 40-year-old "China against China" war cry of Kuomintang fanatics, but Havilland insists they are...