table of contents prologue 1 : abducted 2 : the missing data 3 : new york university 4 : the hospital 5 : the long wait 6 : the stranger 7 : caught on video 8 : the police 9 : the cyclone 10 : interrogation 11 : assault 12 : chained 13 : strength 14 : plan b 15 : the haunted house 16 : diamonds 17 : hold me 18 : the green dress 19 : niagara falls 20 : the data 21 : gone again 22 : examined 23 : escape 24 : the rescue 25 : new utopia 26 : infected 27 : desperate 28 : no evidence 29 : only a shadow epilogue books by samantha lovella about the author prologue new york city , ny , april 2006 sitting on the rooftop of a low-rise apartment building , ethan hockson looked down anxiously .