In the final chapter of the novel, Kyle reconsiders his discarded dreams--then reconsiders them again as the shadow he's been chasing passes right by. Jackie enjoys a morning run in New Christmastown.

Kyle visits his parents in Las Vegas, and a family friend makes him an offer he thinks Kyle can't refuse. Bigfoot goes to sleep.

Time has passed and New Christmastown is up and running as a massive underground data storage facility. Kyle, the director of transportation, is on his way to pick up more corporate secrets--and picks up a mysterious stranger on the way.

Kyle and Mollie return home to a different Christmastown and the same Jackie. Topper Moss, host of the Weird Frontier, goes home, too.

Christmastown's owners officially declare the experiment a debacle--but Jackie has plans for a whole New Christmastown.

After their set at the Missing Link, Stick confesses his love to Katie. It doesn't go particularly well.

The Patients, Katie and Stick's punk-blues-metal-protest band performs at the Missing Link, and Kyle and Mollie come to watch. Kyle wins a longstanding bet with Katie, but loses something else. There is filking.

Left behind in Christmastown, Jackie wallows in her mistakes, and considers ending it all in the backyard pool. But an old friend returns to rescue her.

Kyle takes Mollie to stay with Enrique's family while he decides whether to return to Christmastown and Jackie. A trip to the aquarium brings him insight.

As the dome fails in spectacular bursts of color, Christmastown's citizens flee en masse. Kyle leaves too, taking Mollie. Only Jackie remains, alone with her dawning realizations.