"You're welcome to try, and if you find a way out you'll be the most popular man in town, but so far it doesn't work," Daniel replied. Mr. Shapiro had suddenly gotten more tense, but that was understandable. Daniel was telling him things no one wanted to hear, probably.

"The roads loop you back around, boats turn you around, even people with planes or whatnot can't leave. Supplies come in and go out, but people don't."