Steve Sheinkin

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Part 1: “Capture”

Prologue-Part 1, Chapter 6

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Part 1, Chapters 7-12

Impossible Escape Part 1, Chapters 7-12

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Part 2: “Survival”

Part 2, Chapters 13-20

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Part 2, Chapters 21-27

Impossible Escape Part 2, Chapters 21-27

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Part 3: “Escape”

Part 3-Epilogue

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