personal-authority

Enoch asserts his authority through both verbal warnings and implied physical threat to maintain control over the situation.

1 chapter across 1 book

Way Station (1963)Clifford D. Simak

Chapter 22

Enoch returns Lucy safely to her family despite prior tensions, confronting her abusive father Hank with a firm warning. He then meets with Claude Lewis, a CIA agent who has taken a mysterious body from a grave, and demands its prompt return, emphasizing the grave consequences of failure. The chapter highlights Enoch's protective nature, his distrust of government interference, and the importance of the missing body to a larger, undisclosed matter.