Chapter 9

Jason and Sophia hung on to Brendan’s body for as long as they could, but, even with Emily’s expertise, they were unable to find any traces of wrongdoing. When they weren’t studying the body, it remained in the only place it could: the tow dock, wrapped in a quarantine bag. Although the quarantine bags were good for keeping illnesses from spreading around the ship, they were no good for slowing the process of rigor mortis, and so the body had to be evacuated into the vast and hollow grave of...