At the beginning of chapter 19, it is night, and everyone is in a tent, trying to get some rest. Nadia is awake, and tells Kate that she is going to go out. Kate tells her that it is impossible with the guards on the lookout, but Nadia explains to her that she can become invisible just like the People of the Mist. Nadia goes off into the jungle and makes an eagle call to bring Walimai. Later on, Boroba comes with Walimai to free Alex from the tree. Walimai leads ALex to a clearing where Nadia is located, and they sleep there until the morning, when they discover a strong stench coming from the direction of Tapirawa-teri. During the night, two Beasts entered the camp and killed Captain Ariosto while stunning everyone else with their stench. The next morning, the Indians dragged the crew to a clearing. The crew woke up with no recollection of how they got to the clearing and terrible pains. Not too long after waking, the Indians materialized. Iyomi attempts to speak with the crew but with no avail. Later on, Nadia, Alex, Boroba, and Walimai enter the makeshift camp. Nadia translates for each side. Leblanc and Kate explain that they will turn the Eye of the World (the area in which they are currently located) into an Indian reservation and that there will be no more enemy foreigners coming into the jungle. During a lull in the debating, Kate confronts Alex and demands that he tell her about the Beasts because she suspects that there is much he hasn't told her. The next day, the People of the Mist lead the crew back to Tapirawa-teri where the helicopter is located. Before leaving, they exchange several gifts, and at the last second, Walimai hands Nadia a basket.
The remaining crew gets into the helicopter, and Santos flies the helicopter back to Santa Maria de la Lluvia while nearly crashing on the way. When they reach their destination, Kate, Leblanc, Santos, and Timothy Bruce begin talking about how they are going to manage to save the Eye of the World and the People of the Mist. When they believe that there is no way to prove that Carias, Ariosto, and Torres committed the genocide of the Indians, Santos pulls out a vial of the "vaccine" from his pocket. Shortly after, Bruce pulls out a few rolls of film that contain images of the shooting of Karakawe and several Indians by Captain Ariosto. With this proof, they feel that there is no way that they can't save the Eye of the World. During this time, Alex and Nadia are sitting on the same dock where they held their first conversation before embarking on the journey into the Amazon. At this point, Nadia reveals the contents of her basket: three crystal eggs, which are in reality gigantic diamonds. She gives the diamonds to Alex, telling him that they will help bring peace and safety to the Eye of the World.
In my opinion, the ending to this book was too abrupt. Although it is obvious that the two children will meet again somewhere along the line, it does not change the fact that there is no real conclusion. We don't know what happened to Alex's mother, or whether or not the People of the Mist will be saved. Also, we have no way of knowing what will happen to Mauro Carias and Dr. Omayra Torres for their mass murdering of the Indians. I can only hope that Isabel Allende resolves these matters in the sequel to this book.
Another thing is that I feel that this book needs a little more emotion. There was a ton of description, but very little of it dealt with the feelings of the characters. I know that Alex and Nadia are best friends, but it seems that they are closer than just friends, even though nothing ever happened between them. I'm assuming that if they were older than 15 and 11-ish, there would have been more love scenes and such occurrences.
All in all, I found this book to be very good. It kept me interested the whole time, even when Allende was giving longwinded descriptions of the vegetation and other unimportant or uninteresting topics. I would definitely recommend this book for people who enjoy reading Fiction. Even if you don't particularly enjoy reading works of Fiction, it is still a very enjoyable book, although it is a bit on the long side at 406 pages.
