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She focused her vision The little bug looked fairly nor, skinny neck and head that stuck out from its body like an extension attachment on a vacuum cleaner

She couldn’t believe they’d gotten so lucky She figured the bad neas couess Somalia?”

“No,” he said “Much closer The west coast of Madagascar”

“Madagascar?” she repeated

He nodded “You see, the island of Madagascar broke off froo,” he explained “India was still attached to it at the tio, India itself was torn loose by plate tectonics

“As the three landmasses were pulled farther and farther apart, aniascar evolved differently from those in the rest of the world As with Australia, there are hundreds of species that call only Madagascar ho wreck Which tells us it was parked there for quite a while before it floated back out to sea”

“And the crocodile?” she asked

“Plenty of theascar,” he said

Gamay nodded The evidence was clear The Waratah had spent her tiascar The only questions nohere, and why so her

Kurt Austin felt hihtless, into the darkness, his nerves tingling at the sensation He plunged into the water and the cold sting opened his eyes Suddenly he could see Murky blue surrounded hiht of waves toppling from beneath as they rolled over him

He kicked for the surface and came out into a storm Winddriven rain lashed the sea, and swells the size of railroad cars buoyed hiain The yacht, the Ethernet, was ahead of him Sienna and her family were on it

He kicked toward it and pulled hiht hiling toward the bridge, shouting for Sienna, he found hih the main hatch only to be clubbed in the back of the head and slammed to the floor

The impact at the back of his skull nearly knocked hi he knew, so to choke him

“Where the hell did he coe

“There’s a rescue copter outside,” thehim called back