57 pages 1 hour read

Michael Crichton

Timeline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

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Part 4, Pages 304-399Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 4: “Castelgard”

Part 4, Pages 304-327 Summary

Kate is still trying to evade the soldiers on the crumbling roof when she hears them run out of the church. Meanwhile, Marek finds a sword in the tower room. When the soldiers come in, Marek kills them. They see a fire, and Marek observes that Arnaut has begun his attack. Kate arrives, and they run to find the professor.

In the great hall, Lord Oliver plans his retreat to La Roque with Sir Guy and the professor. Sir Robert arrives and tells him that the “assistants” were killed trying to escape.

Chris, Kate, and Marek run into the courtyard and see Lord Oliver retreating with the professor. They run across the drawbridge and into the town, avoiding the fighting soldiers, and take refuge in a tannery. while Sir Robert and his soldiers search for them. When Sir Robert and his soldiers pursue them into the tannery, the team upends a vat of lye. Because lye burns flesh, the soldiers retreat and the team gets away. They climb over the castle wall and escape while Arnaut’s soldiers shoot arrows at them.

Back at ITC headquarters, Kramer tells Doniger that Stern wants to use the remaining machine to go after his teammates.