The Sorceress (2009)
“Juan Manuel de Ayala asked.
“I’m not sure there is.” Perenelle was leaning on a wooden rail almost directly over the official sign that welcomed visitors to the island.
UNITED STATES PENITENTIARYALCATRAZ ISLAND AREA 12 ACRES1½ MILES TO TRANSPORT DOCKONLY GOVERNMENT BOATS PERMITTEDOTHERS MUST KEEP OFF 200 YARDSNO ONE ALLOWED ASHOREWITHOUT A PASS Over the sign the words Indians Welcome had been daubed in red paint and beneath it, in larger fading red letters, were the words Indian Land. She knew ...they had been painted there in 1969 when the American Indian Movement had occupied the island.
The Sorceress had spent the remainder of the afternoon systematically going over the island, looking for some way to escape. There were no boats, though there was plenty of wood and lumber, and she briefly considered making a raft, using towels and blankets from the cell exhibits to lash the wood together. In 1962, three prisoners had supposedly escaped by building their own raft. But Perenelle knew that nothing was going to get past Nereus and his savage daughters.MoreLess
“I’m not sure there is.” Perenelle was leaning on a wooden rail almost directly over the official sign that welcomed visitors to the island.
UNITED STATES PENITENTIARYALCATRAZ ISLAND AREA 12 ACRES1½ MILES TO TRANSPORT DOCKONLY GOVERNMENT BOATS PERMITTEDOTHERS MUST KEEP OFF 200 YARDSNO ONE ALLOWED ASHOREWITHOUT A PASS Over the sign the words Indians Welcome had been daubed in red paint and beneath it, in larger fading red letters, were the words Indian Land. She knew ...they had been painted there in 1969 when the American Indian Movement had occupied the island.
The Sorceress had spent the remainder of the afternoon systematically going over the island, looking for some way to escape. There were no boats, though there was plenty of wood and lumber, and she briefly considered making a raft, using towels and blankets from the cell exhibits to lash the wood together. In 1962, three prisoners had supposedly escaped by building their own raft. But Perenelle knew that nothing was going to get past Nereus and his savage daughters.MoreLess
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