Part 3Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide features discussion of child abuse and death, racism, graphic violence, substance use and addiction, bullying, death by suicide, and death.
Part 3: “Book Three: Double Feature”
Part 3, Chapter 1 Summary
In 2000, Allie summons King Sorrow to stop three men from abducting her. She tries to warn Van, but fails to stop his abduction.
Part 3, Chapter 2 Summary
Allie warns Donna, who is no longer with Gregg, about the men trying to abduct her. Allie suspects they know about King Sorrow from Van’s book about BA 238.
Colin calls Donna and advises her to destroy her cellphone to avoid being tracked.
Part 3, Chapter 3 Summary
A man approaches Donna and shows her a threatening photo of Van in captivity. The man wants to know more about the entity Donna can summon. Believing that Donna can use his real name against him, the man provides Joe Valentine as his alias.
Donna agrees to come with Valentine, but asks for a sedative when she sees that they will transport her in a van.
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