A Good Way to Start A Book

The Eight by Katherine Neville: "'You are in danger,' she said. 'I feel danger all around me. Right now.'" (Neville 40). Catherine, one of the main characters in The Eight, is told at the very beginning of the book she's in danger. At a chess match, Solarin, a chess master from Russia, also warns Catherine of the danger she's in. After Lily and Catherine are shot at and Lily's chauffeur is kidnapped, Catherine finally believes it's true. Solarin, a Russian chess master who has unmeasurable good looks plays one of the best chess players in the world, a man named Fiske. During the match Fiske goes pale and doesn't move. When Solarin calls a break, Fiske walks out of the room. Solarin follows him until they reach another building. Once they enter, Fiske turns around and shows Solarin a ring he's wearing. Solarin believes it's a trap, that once Fiske removes the ring, it will blow up. So when Fiske decides to slide the ring slowly off his finger, Solarin dives out of the building counting down from ten. When he reaches one, however, nothing happens. He walks into the building again and sees the ring on the ground. He looks up and finds Fiske hanging from the ceiling by a rope around his neck.