Dark of the Eye Dark of the Eye Douglas Clegg Copyright © 1994by Douglas Clegg Digital Imagery © Steve Allen / Brand X Pictures / PictureQuest This edition published by Barnes & Noble Digital, by arrangement with Douglas Clegg All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Publisher. 2001Barnes & Noble Digital ISBN 1-4014-0058-2 For Raul Silva and Charlotte Clegg contents acknowledgments xii prologue the first death chapter 1 2 chapter 2 11 part 1 stealing hope chapter 3 17 Blood Ties chapter 4 34 chapter 5 35 chapter 6 40 contents chapter 7 53 On the Road chapter 8 58 chapter 9 61 chapter 10 71 chapter 11 81 chapter 12 87 chapter 13 93 chapter 14 94 The Boonies chapter 15 105 chapter 16 107 chapter 17 115 chapter 18 123 Grace Under Pressure chapter 19 126 vi contents chapter 20 132 chapter 21 141 chapter 22 149 New Friends chapter 23 153 chapter 24 158 chapter 25 170 Followers chapter 26 174 chapter 27 181 chapter 28 191 chapter 29 194 chapter 30 197 part 2 empire chapter 31 199 Monkey Business vii contents chapter 32 213 chapter 33 224 chapter 34 228 chapter 35 232 chapter 36 238 chapter 37 245 chapter 38 248 chapter 39 249 The Shadow Knows chapter 40 252 chapter 41 255 chapter 42 260 chapter 43 266 chapter 44 271 Townies chapter 45 275 viii contents chapter 46 280 chapter 47 284 Walk to the Graveyard chapter 48 294 chapter 49 298 Family Ties chapter 50 304 chapter 51 307 chapter 52 314 Townies, Continued part 3 welcome to the house of pain chapter 53 346 Awakenings chapter 54 351 chapter 55 355 chapter 56 364 ix