The book
- The fact that David and Alan survive a shipwreck and successfully escape capture despite all the soldiers chasing them.
The series
- Leopold has several of these over the course of the series, for his his ability to continue trying to escape and maintain some semblance of calm.
- He escapes shortly after he's taken. They catch him, but still.
- He gives himself an infection to make himself sick enough that his kidnappers have to call in a doctor, whose cell phone Leopold steals. Again he gets caught and backhanded across the face.
- His conversation with Otto once he realizes the plan is to kill him:
Leo: You believe in hell?Otto: Yeah.Leo: Me too. - Knapp's backstory of climbing down a mountain with no shoes to escape a cult.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Otto"You listen to me now, kid! RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!