Night was busy that night with Ethan, as he assembled all the warriors round—those warriors, that is, whom he had himself interrogated and whom he really trusted with his life. Not every warrior was involved, but the best of them were, chosen and vetted in total secrecy. Nobody had ever heard that anybody had been questioned in that way. It was a very secluded and planned process. Ethan had taken pains to interrogate each separately, without letting the rest of them suspect that they were ...