Following a joyful reunion, Heather shares with them all that has happened since their last meeting and reveals that the Green Ember is in her possession. After a number of days, she awakens to find herself in the Akolan home of her parents Sween and Whittle Longtreader. After being instructed in the city's subservient attitude towards the Lords of Prey, she is dragged from the Sixth District and left outside, badly wounded. Along the way, Helmer tells Picket about his twin sister Airen, only for the pair to come under fire from unseen archers.īack in Akolan, at Longtreader high command, Heather is brought before the Commandant and his officers. After Helmer and Captain Vulm agree to a brief cessation of hostilities, the two forces part ways in peace, with Picket and Helmer setting off for Harbone Citadel. A battle ensues as the Terralains attempt to take Picket into custody for killing Bleston, but they are subdued when Coleden Blackstar and Jo Shanks arrive with reinforcements. Upon reaching the crossing, the pair prepare to leave on their own mission, only to be confronted by a party of Terralain soldiers led by Tameth Seer. Meanwhile, at Jupiter's Crossing, Picket and Helmer are leading a force of rabbits who are evacuating from Cloud Mountain. Heather is dropped in the Lepers' District of Akolan. After learning something of the city from a young buck named Hadley, Heather is summoned to appear before the Commandant. After escaping the denizens of the area, she is apprehended by officers of the Longtreader administration, which serve as peacekeepers for Akolan. She is then flown to Akolan by Garten Longtreader, who dumps her in the Lepers' District after a heated exchange. In Morbin's lair, Heather recognizes that the slave who is singing is none other than her mother Sween Longtreader. Lander and Massie think they see something move in the darkness, which Lander dubs as " The Ghost". Massie Burnson and Lander are following strange tracks of creatures that have abducted Queen Lillie. Heather and Picket are plunged into the darkness of Morbin's shadow, fighting to bear the flame of the cause and light the way for rabbitkind's upright insurrection.įight for the Rising." Synopsis PrologueĪn excerpt from The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner. "A harrowing adventure inside enemy territory.
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