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A Long Way from Home summary

Following is a chapter-by-chapter summary of A Long Way from Home, a novel about a group of evos intent on escaping from the Renautas-controlled Temporary Assessment Camp Hale.

Summary

Prologue

Sam Conlon meets with a woman and makes a deal to "test them and the facility" in exchange for having his files wiped.

Chapter 1

Luther tries to escape from Temporary Assessment Camp Hale as he has done many times before. However, his yellow footprints get him caught (again), and Thomas Rizzoli returns him to TAC Hale.

Chapter 2

TAC Hale's Chief of Operations, Deborah Ruthers, tries to operate the facility as less of a prison, and more of a sanctuary for evos who are oppressed. She strives to promote camaraderie and teamwork. Most agree with her, but she gets frustrated when the evos at Camp Hale, who have "innocuous" abilities like Luther, try to run away or treat the place like a prison.

Chapter 3

Although his friend Reggie likes it at Camp Hale, Andrew Meek doesn't understand why he was "whisked off here to the mountains". He feels that his ability to lower the temperature ten degrees wasn't a threat to anybody, and neither was anybody else's at Hale. He understands the need for the lockup in the Max barracks, but he doesn't believe the camp was set up for altruistic purposes, as Ruthers would have them believe.

Chapter 4

Deborah Ruthers has a has a Webchat with Renautas head Erica Kravid. Erica chides Deborah for Luther's recent escape attempt, and insists that the evos in TAC Hale are dangerous. Sam Conlon comes to the office for a game of chess.