sentences:  It's being held for ransom by an unknown perpetrator who demands $100,000 be donated to a free school for the manuscript's return.It has no inherent monetary value since it cannot be fenced, and the university—a poor, inner-city school (much as Northeastern was at the time) -- cannot afford the ransom.Head of campus security Carl Tower recommends investigating a radical student group called 'SCACE' (Student Committee Against Capitalist Exploitation) and their secretary, Terry Orchard.