They are hotly pursued by a posse that includes David’s father and only manage to escape with the help of Michael, one of the other telepaths who joins the posse. Increasingly desperate, Petra makes contact with a distant community of telepaths living in a country called 'Zealand' who offer to come to the rescue. Sheltering with Sophie, who is living with the Fringes people and is in a sad state, David, Rosalind, and Petra are finally rescued by the Zealanders who arrive in a helicopter during the middle of a battle.