THE CAGE OF DYING NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

Lake was rescued and Banir presumed dead within the aftermath, but 22 years later, our graying, highly decorated hero continue to bears the scars of that come upon — a mutilated ear, plus the dogged, haunting certainty that his outdated nemesis continues to be alive, if not necessarily well: Banir, it seems, endured from a rare and fatal heredit