I didn’t believe him at first, about the island, though.” <br /><br />“I didn’t either,”I said. “I don’t know that anyone does. It sounds like a fantastic lie.” <br /><br />“It is a fantastic lie,” Sal said, and her face was very earnest. “This isn’t a wonderful place for boys to play and have adventures and stay young for always. It’s a killing place, and we’re all just soldiers in Peter’s war.