Chapter 11 - The Weakest Point

“Regard your soldiers as your children” — Sun Tzu

St. Mary’s Orphanage stood at the far western end of the island, two buildings of brick and wood on a rise of land that faced the open Gulf. There was nothing between the orphanage and the water. No row of houses, no seawall, no barrier of any kind. The beach ran from the foundation pilings to the surf. On any other day, the children could stand at the …