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“Marchetti?”

“Hang on,” he said

They were still descending way too fast Marchetti was pulling back on the controls, and the horrible sound of untold nu in her ears The descent began to slow, the craft leveled and ski a tree covered top to botto horde

Finally they began to rise, cli slowly as they crossed the island’s threshold and moved out over the ocean

“Fly the airship,” Marchetti said to his chief “Keep our speed up Keep us close enough for a signal lock on Wi-Fi”

“What are you going to do?” Gamay asked

“I have to set up the computer,” he said

“The computer?”

He nodded “Just in case your friend actually knohat he’s doing”

CHAPTER 58

THE HORRIBLE FEELING OF EVENTS SPIRALING BEYOND HIS control filled Joe Zavala with dread The dive boat above was being pulled toward the breach where it would go over the falls in a fatal manner And since he was attached to that boat by a steel cable and an air hose, Joe would soon follow

Cutting the cable and the hose wouldn’t help He couldn’t swiht belt, he had fifty pounds of gear on his shoulders and feet

His feet touched down, he tried to set theain

“Give me more line!” he shouted “Quick!”

He saw the boat high above, saw the phosphorescent wake behind the boat as it fought the current, angling this way and that as the pilot tried to keep its nose aimed upstream Any side turn would be the end of them as they’d be swept away in a matter of seconds