Summit Chalet
Names: Summit Chaletthe chalet
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 74 (28)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 74A trifoliate restaurant with armor-glass windows built on Mount Washington's summit after the antenna farm was demolished; it is over budget and not yet paying its way.
- Ch 76The delegates' farewell banquet is held at the Summit Chalet atop Mount Washington, which Victor and O'Connor plan to destroy with aircraft.
- Ch 77The chalet is cut off: police on the Pinkham Notch side were ambushed, the FBI team must come from Boston, and the National Guard needs two hours to mobilize.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 74The Ghost speaks on the summit
On the chalet balcony the Family Ghost instructs Rogatien to hold the banquet there, later tell Denis about it, and bring the Great Carbuncle to the Congress. Rogatien agrees to the banquet.
- Book 1 · Ch 77Denis proposes a pacifist grand metaconcert
Besieged in the chalet, Denis tells the delegates that Victor and Kieran are behind the attack and proposes a worldwide non-coercive metaconcert to reach the attackers' hearts, if the group chooses to uphold the Ethic.
- Book 1 · Ch 78Rogi confronts Victor under the chalet
Rogi reaches the chalet's foundations as Victor plants explosives and signals his men to stop. Victor moves to mind-bond him; Rogi's out-spiral leaves Victor auraless and unconscious.