out-fought. The only way we can beat Shaklatal is to follow the breadcrumbs he put there for us and play his game.”

“That’s where you’re wrong,” said Kat. “Do that, and he wins. And according to your own ideas, that means we all die!”

Peter shook his head. “You. And Jack. Every machination that led us to this point. It is all part of Shaklatal-Amun’s plan. He’s calculated every possible permutation of events. He knows we want to kill him and save ourselves. He also knows that in order to kill him we need to free him from the prison he’s been held in for eons. And if we don’t free him now, and try to end him, his influence will continue to expand like a cancer on this world.”

“You’re putting yourselves in a...

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