Thorne is the ninth chapter in the First Configuration. Two main characters are introduced.
It is the last chapter in the First Configuration.
Plot[]
After leaving school, Kelly Curtis and Arby Benton go to visit Jack Thorne, commonly known as 'Doc Thorne' and owner of Thorne Mobile Field Systems. Thorne, a retired applied engineering professor, was hired by Levine to outfit his expedition to Costa Rica by creating and furnishing specialized vehicles and equipment. As Kelly and Arby make their way across the workshop floor, they see a Ford Explorer being modified with solar panels and an electric power source as well as two huge trailers connected via an accordion connector. They find Thorne chiding one of the workman for not grounding himself before properly installing an 'Internal Ursine Deterrent' (IUD) system that would run electricity over the outside of the trailer, shocking any animal making contact with the trailer. Thorne yells at his assistant Ediie Carr, two of the workers named Henry and Jerry as they make mistakes or nearly injure him.
Thorne takes the kids back to his office and he asks the kids if they know where Richard Levine is so he can go over the equipment before everything is finalized. They respond that they don't and that they were hoping Thorne knew where he was. An irritated Thorne finally uses a custom-made satellite phone to call Levine they're relieved when Levine picks up, but are quickly concerned when its apparent that he doesn't know how the phone works and cannot hear them. His words are garbled, but they pick up that he is on an island and that the situation is serious, someone is dead and something vicious has him surrounded and he can smell them especially at night. The connection dies, and Throne states that they have to find Levine immediately.
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