 As the duo sullenly eat a meal on a rented ship, Jean insists that Locke drink the antidote, only for Locke to admit that he had already snuck the antidote into Jean's drink.Locke then tells Jean that he wants them to sail the Sea of Brass to “somewhere new” during the last few weeks Locke has to live.The book thus ends with a huge cliffhanger, Locke apparently doomed to die soon - which is left to be resolved in the series' next volume.