"I don't know how to investigate that," Hawk says grimly. "But yes. I think so."

"If the Lodge is a place." He speaks slowly; if there's something Hawk likes less than telling secrets, it's talking about if. "Then the Lodge may only be a part of it, like Twin Peaks is part of Washington State, which is itself part of America. Maybe that gateway points somewhere else now."

"This sand isn't from around here," Hawk says. "Can you have it analyzed? The FBI has those kinds of labs, right?"