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Premise of Book
This book takes place in the fourth kingdom, Necronum, where spirits come back from the echolands (afterlife) and powerful weavers bind people with their wills. Cole has to find Destiny, one of the heirs to the throne of the Outskirts, and restore her stolen powers. He and his friends have to avoid the Enforcers, stop an all-powerful torivor, and try not to get burned by treacherous echoes (ghosts). I chose this book because I read the other books of this series and liked them. -
Event 1: The Shrine
This event takes place in the first chapter of the story at an echo shrine, where humans cna communicate with spirits. Hunter, Jace, Dalton, and Cole go there to talk to get information about Destiny. Cole makes a deal to get information from Sando, an unknown echo, to go somewhere called the Cave of Memory to look for a clue that help him find Destiny- but is it a trap? Thinking: This event is the expostion of the story because it starts the book and introduces the characters to a new place. -
Event 2: The Cave of Memory
After being rescued from Enforcers by a mysterious wild horse, Cole learns that going into the cave leaves behind an intagible copy of yourself that was stuck in the cave. He headed in anyway and finds Destiny's imprint. Cole finds out that Destiny was going to go to an old, dangerous prison called Gamat Rue next. Thinking: Leaving an imprint behind was a risk for Cole. If someone on The High King's side found it, they could trick it into getting information Cole didn't want them to know. -
Event 3: Gamat Rue
When they reach Gamat Rue, Cole and his friends are betrayed by Sando and Jace, Joe, and Mira's spirits are sent to the echolands (afterlife). However, there's still a way to bring their spirits back. Hunter crosses over on his own and learns where Destiny went next from an imprisoned echo. They escape and Cole heads to the Temple of the Robust Sky to pick up Destiny's trail. Thinking: Cole gets really hard on himself here for getting tricked by Sando and Mira, Joe, and Jace getting captured. -
Event 4- The Temple of the Robust Sky
Once at the temple, Cole poses as a message boy to give a note he writes to the prelate of the temple. She takes him where the bodies of Destiny, Honor- one of the other heirs that Cole and his friends helped who also went after Destiny- and Desmond, Honor's bodyguard. All three of them had crossed over to the echolands weeks before. Elana sends Cole across to the echolands and his hunt resumes. Thinking- The idea of an in-between place where spirits go before the final afterlife is interesting. -
Event 6- The Hall of Glory
The horse, which Cole names Thunder, brings him to a huge castle with imposing music. He goes inside and finds that it is a home of heroes who died for good causes. He finds Durny, an old friend who introduces him to Harvan and Winston, heroes who agree to go with him to find Destiny. The three of them and two other heroes set off to the Sweet Channel Charnel House, the place where Elana told Cole to go. Thinking- There's probably a lot of heroes in that hall- Cole should've brought an army. -
Event 5- The Echolands
After Cole sets off from the echoland side of the temple, he is surprised by his surroundings. Everything has its own music- every person, place, and thing, and everything is brighter and more colorful. He stays vigilant and sets off, but he's spotted by a supporter of Nazeem. She and her friends try to capture Cole, but the same wild horse that saved him before drives them off. He rides off on her to an unknown destination. -
Event 7- The Charnel House and Deepwell
Elana's friend at the Charnel House gives them disguises and sends them off to Deepwell, where Destiny might be imprisoned. They rescue the prisoner, but it turns out to be Desmond. Cole accepts a message to Destiny from Honor that Desmond gives to him. Desmond, Ferrin, and Drake head to Gamat Rue to rescue Honor, while Harvan leads Cole and Winston to find the Grand Shaper of Necronum, who should be able to help them. Thinking: The quest to find Destiny is a large part of this book. -
Event 9-Finding Destiny
Cole goes through the Pass of Visions on his way, where he sees false renderings of his enemies, family, and friends. He makes it through and finds Dandalus, the Warden of the Light. He fills Cole in about many mysteries in the Outskirts and answers his questions. At the end of their conversation, he tells Cole where Destiny is- right with him! Thinking: I would be relieved that he didn't send me somewhere else and glad that he answered my questions. -
Event 10-The Slipstream
After Destiny and Cole leave Dandalus's sanctuary, Sando and his shapecrafters attack them. Destiny tries to suicide to stop people from using her powers by jumping into the currents to the next life. Cole jumps in, and the currents heal unblock his shaping power that had been damaged in one of the last books. Cole saves Destiny's life, but Sando still takes her back to Nazeem. Cole goes back to Dandalus, who shows him how to use him how to use his power. Thinking: Having a power would be cool. -
Event 11- Rescues
With his new unlocked power, Cole leaves Dandalus's sanctuary again and rides Thunder. After stopping a temple in mortal Necronum where one of Cole's classmates from Earth was sent and finding and restoring the power of an old friend, they go to Gamat Rue and rescue Ferrin, Drake, Harvan, Winston, Prescia, Honor, Jace, and Joe, mostly with Cole's power. Thinking: Cole really saves the day once he gets his power back. -
Event 8- She Who Stands at the Summit
Harvan, Winston, and Cole find Prescia, the Grand Shaper, who refers them to She Who Stands at the Summit, a legendary shaper. After many days, they make to Farthest Mountain, where she lives. When they arrive, Sando and a group of shapecrafters attack. Harvan and Winston hold them off while Cole races to the top of the mountain. She Who Stands at the Summit sends him away on a path to find the Warden of the Light. Thinking: I'd be getting tired of getting referred from one person to the next. -
The Fallen Temple
Cole and his friends next head to the Fallen Temple, Nazeem's lair, where Mira, Destiny, and Durny are being held. They enter the temple as a huge group, but Nazeem-real name Ramarro- freezes them all with his will except Cole. He offers Cole a job serving him, but Cole turns him down. They battle, and then Ramarro uses Destiny's power to escape his prison. Cole manages to use his power to send him to another prison- but who knows how long it'll hold him. Thinking: That took a lot of courage. -
Reflection
Overall, I thought the book was very good and would definitely recommend it to a friend and watch the movie if there was one. Once the next book comes out, I'm going to get it as soon as possible. I really enjoyed this book and am glad I did it for my project. I did leave some details out, though so you'll have to read the book to get them!
