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Chapter Forty-five

Chapter Forty-six

Chapter Forty-seven
 Chapter Forty-eight

Chapter Forty-nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-one

Chapter Fifty-two

Chapter Fifty-three

Chapter Fifty-four

Chapter Fifty-five

Chapter Fifty-six

About the Authors

Also by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George

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TO THE LACKERMANN FAMILY




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MARCH 1990
CLYDE BANKS was standing in line, in the early stages of hypothermia, when he first saw his future
wife, Desiree Dhont, wrestle. At the time, both of them were juniors at Wapsipinicon High School. Its
Wade Olin gym, home of the Little Twisters, was named after the greatest wrestler in the history of the
world--an alumnus. It was connected to the high school proper by a glass-walled breezeway, which
enabled students to pass back and forth between academics and PE, even in the middle of winter,
without getting lost in whiteouts.

On the night in question the Little Twisters were about to play a basketball game against their archrivals
from just across the river: the Nishnabotna Injuns. The ticket line filled the breezeway and extended into
the parking lot. The early arrivals' breath condensed on the insides of the glass walls, which became
steamy in the middle and frosty around the edges. The steel framework of the breezeway was growing