table of contents chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter 13 chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 about the author acknowledgments escape from heath halls chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 1 the loud fist banging on the thick brass studded oak door would have awakened malin , if the clumping of boots down the stone passageway of the watch tower had not already done the job .