Story so far
April remembers Tracy running away from home to join the army, but is uncertain which intelligence agency she later became involved with. Tracy is John’s colleague, with whom he had an affair in Milan. While visiting his hotel room, she discovered his apocalypse instructions. She urged him to bring his family to Colorado before the catastrophe, claimed that her group could guarantee his safety, and said she had known Professor Karpov for years. She predicted that John would survive only five minutes outside on his own.
After John fell asleep, Tracy secretly recorded every page of his copy of The Order; that discovery led her to originate The Founders. She used most of her invitations to recruit soldiers for revenge on those responsible for the catastrophe, while bringing her father, sister and brother-in-law to the mountain shelter under the pretense of a weeklong camping trip. She told her family that the government had acted first to control an inevitable catastrophe, that they had been inoculated during the bus journey, and that they would need to remain sheltered for six months to a year. She waited for John until the shelter doors had to close, then assumed his absence meant he had gone to Atlanta.
When faced with choosing a small surviving group, Tracy recognized that this repeated the reasoning of the people who had destroyed the world. She insisted that Dmitry consult the founders before programming any killing machines. Rather than join the fifteen people intended to survive through generations, she traded her place for an attempt to preserve April and Remy in cryogenic storage. She left them instructions, supplies and an apology, then silently said farewell to her father before moving the couple into storage. Her letter now explains her role in events surrounding the end of the world and apologizes. It says the founders miscalculated how long the air would remain unsafe and that their supplies could sustain only fifteen people through the isolation period. Tracy marked a location outside Atlanta and asked survivors to seek revenge there.
Role
Originator of The Founders, whose preparations for April and Remy include an apology and a request for revenge.
Relationships
John — Tracy secretly copied John’s The Order after their affair and waited for him at the shelter.
April — Tracy gave up her place among the survivors for an attempt to preserve April and Remy in cryogenic storage.
Dmitry — Tracy insisted that Dmitry consult the founders before programming killing machines.
Sources — 28 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 260
- Tracy is John’s colleague and had an affair with him in Milan.
- Tracy urges John to bring his family to Colorado before the catastrophe.
- Tracy claims her group can guarantee John’s safety.
- Tracy says she has known Professor Karpov for years.
- Tracy discovers John’s apocalypse instructions while visiting his hotel room.
- Tracy predicts that John would survive only five minutes on his own outside.
Chapter 261
- Tracy waits for John at the mountain shelter until its doors must close.
- Tracy assumes John has gone to Atlanta when he fails to arrive in Colorado.
- Tracy uses most of her invitations to recruit soldiers for revenge against those responsible for the catastrophe.
- Tracy brings her father, sister, and brother-in-law into the mountain shelter.
- Tracy misleads her relatives into expecting a weeklong camping trip.
- Tracy tells her family the government acted first to control the aftermath of an otherwise inevitable catastrophe.
- Tracy tells her family they were inoculated during the bus journey.
- Tracy initially promises her family a shelter stay of six months to a year.
- Tracy secretly recorded every page of John’s copy of The Order after he fell asleep.
- Tracy originated the founders’ group after discovering The Order.
- Tracy recognizes that choosing a small surviving group would repeat the reasoning of those who destroyed the world.
- Tracy insists that Dmitry consult the founders before programming any killing machines.
- Tracy decides not to join the fifteen-person group intended to survive through generations.
- Tracy trades her place among the survivors for an attempt to preserve April and Remy in the cryopod.
- Tracy leaves instructions, supplies, and an apology for April and Remy.
- Tracy says a silent farewell to her father before moving April and Remy into cryogenic storage.
Chapter 262
- April remembers Tracy running away from home to join the army.
- April is uncertain which intelligence agency Tracy became involved with.
- Tracy’s letter apologizes and explains her role in events surrounding the end of the world.
- Tracy’s letter says the founders miscalculated how long the air would remain unsafe.
- Tracy’s letter says the supplies could support only fifteen people through the isolation period.
- Tracy marks a location outside Atlanta and asks the survivors to seek revenge there.