6PROLOGUE: THE WHITE VAN
51"Yes?"
7Barefoot. Hospital gown. Running.
52"I am Van Zyl."
8Teeth on ambulance flooring.
53CHAPTER 11: THE HARBOUR
9For himself.
54Kalk Bay — Cape Peninsula — 1990
10CHAPTER 1: MORGUE CONFESSIONS
55"Why?"
11From a nearby phone booth, a payphone rang. Insistent. Metallic.
56"Wrong how?"
12CHAPTER 2: TWIN TERRORS
57CHAPTER 12: THE CROSSING
13Diepkloof Taxi Rank — 1990
58Kalk Bay Harbour — Before Dawn — 1990
14"Kagiso."
59"No," Kgosi said.
15CHAPTER 3: NEURAL HARVEST
60"Patrol?" Thando asked.
16Baragwanath Hospital — Ward 6B Operating Theatre — 1990
61The island.
17Kgosi's.
62Robben Island.
18The Stillborn.
63Nomteto.
19CHAPTER 4: THE EXPORT ROOM
64"Not before the hospital."
20"Here," Lebo said.
65CHAPTER 13: THE DESCENT
21EURGENETECH ZÜRICH EURGENETECH AMSTERDAM EURGENETECH ZÜRICH EURGENETECH FRANKFURT EURGENETECH ZÜRICH
66Robben Island — The Prison — 1990
22The corpse inside sat upright.
67Not abandoned. Repurposed.
23CHAPTER 5: MAMA G'S LAST STAND
68"First cut?"
24Diepkloof — Mama G's Herbal Warehouse — 1990
69"Waiting," Kgosi said.
25"For what?"
70The Bone Clock was waiting.
26Mama G fell.
71CHAPTER 14: THE CLOCK
27Not destroyed. Witnessed.
72Robben Island — Station 6 — The Integration Chamber — 1990
28CHAPTER 6: THE LONG HOURS
73The Stillborn waiting at the threshold.
29Diepkloof — A Back Room — 1990
74"Thando."
30"Here."
75"Correct."
31"To the island."
76Nomteto.
32"Yes."
77CHAPTER 15: THE UNDIGESTED
33"Not everyone. But enough."
78Robben Island — Station 6 — The Integration Chamber — 1990
34"And until then?"
79"Nomteto," Thando said.
35CHAPTER 7: THE ROOFTOP FIGURE
80Mama G burning among her herbs.
36Diepkloof — Dusk — 1990
81Disturbed.
37Lebo turned. "What?"
82"How?"
38"Johannes," Lebo said. "That's Johannes."
83"The Silence—"
39"Not yet."
84"And?"
40Just like his father.
85CHAPTER 16: THE LEDGER
41CHAPTER 8: ROODEPLAAT
86Cape Town — A Boarding House — 1990
42Roodeplaat Research Laboratories — Pretoria District — 1990
87Thando looked up. "To Diepkloof?"
43"Kgosi."
88It was small. Yellow. Alive.
44"For the island."
89Acknowledgements
45CHAPTER 9: THE ROAD SOUTH
90SECTION B — WBC-4 MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
