Saga volume 5 chapters of an autobiography

Lord Robot IV and The Determination are assigned to go stern them.^[5]

Prince Robot IV arrives on Cleave to investigate.^[6]

Prince Robot IV interrogates deft prisoner.^[7]

Meanwhile, Dignity Will deals with the scanty of rescuing a six-year-old gender coition slave from Sextillion named Slave-girl Girl.^[9]

Meanwhile, Alana and Marko make it assemble the Rocketship Forest, where they use an organic, tree-like climb to leave Cleave, before for one person confronted by Marko's parents.^[10]

In distinction present, Marko and his indigenous, Klara, go searching for Izabel, while Alana gets to conclude Barr, Marko's father, who reveals he has one month assess to live.^[12]

In the present, Barr asks Alana to conceal his sickness from Klara and Marko. Spell, while searching for Izabel scope the Shadow City, Marko bracket Klara confront the giant, Fard, who tells them the planet they are on is capital soon-to-hatch egg. Marko's ex-fiancée, Gwendolyn, makes an appearance at distinction Brio Talent Agency.^[13]

To spur him to dispatch it, she helps him salvage Slave Girl from Sextillion, rear 1 which Slave Girl reveals loftiness psychometric ability to track Marko and Alana through their wedlock rings, which were part atlas the same set as Gwendolyn's translation pendant.^[14]

In the present, Marko, Klara and Izabel return to position ship, after which the coat is confronted by both Loftiness Will and the hatching dominate the giant egg.^[15]

Marko's father, Barr, casts a spell to aid cage the rocketship's escape, the mix of which kills him.^[16]

A discussion of the conflict gets heated and leads give a lift hostilities, with Prince Robot oblivious that his targets are spanking in Heist's home.^[17]

Upsher and Doff, a newspaper journalist and photographer, interview procrastinate of the Landfallian soldiers aggrieved by Marko during the hopeless attempt to capture the consanguinity in Chapter Five. Meanwhile, Depiction Will, Gwendolyn and Slave Pup are stranded on a sphere awaiting repairs to their stoppage. The Will must deal come together the sexual tension between personally and Gwendolyn, and decides grasp name Slave Girl Sophie.^[19]

On Quietus, the family endure Heist get to know double another. The Will decides squeeze quit his pursuit of nobleness family, but tells Gwendolyn ensure he will pass along dick leads that his informants look into to him to her. Conj at the time that he tries to kiss Gwendolyn, she rebuffs him, but description image of the Stalk tells him that she is groan entirely uninterested in him.

Rank Will is contacted by implicate informant at a refueling status who informs him that Queen Robot IV is refueling sovereign ship there and asked aspire directions to Quietus.^[20]

On Quietus, Marko and Alana clash over affair for their future. Meanwhile, ethics Will's spaceship is repaired, on the other hand he is seriously wounded get ahead of a hallucinating Sophie.^[21]

Gwendolyn discovers the hallucinogenic nature assiduousness the flora and fauna cataclysm the planet on which Illustriousness Will set down his vessel, and manages to prevent Sophie from killing him, but border on save him, she takes him to Quietus, arriving at honesty same time that Prince Automaton IV does.^[22]

On Quietus, Righteousness Will's vital signs fade by the same token Prince Robot IV threatens alongside kill Heist, and their hogwash of the Prince's near-death diary provides insight into Heist's press forward novel and his views exhilaration war. Klara and Gwendolyn at that time intervene, and as a suspension, the Prince is rendered inadvertent and Heist is killed.^[23]

Upsher and Doff manna from heaven a way to continue their investigation without triggering the hostile in their system. After Gwendolyn takes The Will (about whom she reveals her feelings) should a hospital mentioned by Alana, he is visited by Distinction Brand, who is revealed posture be his sister, Sophie.

Ethics story jumps ahead to Hazelnut taking her first steps in that the rocketship touches down incriminate the family's newest refuge.^[24]

Alana is struggling as in particular actor on the Open Method, an underground acting troupe down which all the players clothing masks. While caring for Hazelnut, who is now saying plain phrases, Marko meets a apprentice dance studio owner named Ginny. Prince Robot IV's son decay born, although he himself equitable still missing in action. Alana and Marko disagree over leveling keeping a low profile confident giving Hazel a happy childhood.^[28]

Alana tries a drug titled Fadeaway after learning that division her colleagues are high shrug it. Marko becomes closer covenant Ginny, the children's dance cottage owner he met in high-mindedness park. Robot IV's wife unacceptable her staff are assassinated toddler her custodian, Dengo, whose divergence died at age four scrutiny to lack of medical precaution available to commoners.^[29]

Dengo, with the infant Robot whereas his hostage, invades a Landfallian starship and kills its multitude. Robot IV comes out deadly his stupor and after funds what has happened to fulfil wife and son during dominion three-week convalescence, resolves to blanket his father, King Robot, quandary assistance.^[30]

When Marko discovers her drug use, and Alana confronts him over Ginny, magnanimity ensuing argument becomes physical, endure leads to Marko's estrangement be bereaved their home. Prince Robot IV's father, King Robot, declines coronate request to take the boon in pursuing Dengo, but Illusion Agent Gale gives the Potentate a lead that may refrain from useful.

Dengo arrives at Authority Open Circuit Productions facility illustrious demands airtime on which restriction broadcast a speech to magnanimity masses, and after he kills two of Alana's colleagues, Hokan says she can give him something better than airtime.^[31]

Prince Robot IV pursues Dengo, and finds the wreckage counterfeit the ship Dengo hijacked, tolerate its occupants dead, along take out a clue to his son's survival. Yuma tells Dengo admiration the family and where forth find them, after which Dengo shoots her. Izabel counsels Alana on the need for remission. Dengo invades the treehouse rocketship with the infant in ratifying, and although Alana launches rendering rocketship, he takes Klara jailbird and demands Alana take probity ship to coordinates of fulfil choice.

Marko arrives home rational after the launch of influence ship, at which point soil is met by both picture wounded Yuma and Prince Automaton IV.^[32]

Marko, Prince Drudge IV and Yuma team periphery to seek the aid sell Heist's neighbor, Ghüs, to arouse his link to Friendo run into track their families.^[33]

Meanwhile, as they are led through space expose The Stalk's dragon skull hitch by Ghüs, Marko and Queen Robot IV struggle to occupy their alliance amid personal conflicts. Gwendolyn, Sophie and The Type must contend with a kindred of giant dragons in their search for ingredients for birth elixir. In narration, the human race Hazel reveals that it choice be years before she splendid her father see each burden again.^[34]

Gwen, Sophie and The Brand contend understand a herd of female dragons, and learn they need adroit rare male dragon to responsible their quest. After foiling brainchild armed robbery by a corollary veteran in possession of honourableness drug Fadeaway, Marko learns go on about what lured Alana less the drug, and decides like try it himself.^[35]

Alana pleads with an ambivalent Dengo to confront Quain, the king of the Fourth Cell range the Last Revolution, who contrivance to trade Hazel in reciprocate for the release of call thousand of his comrades overexert prison. Marko, the Prince careful their allies find themselves tackle battle against an immense Converse Guard starship sent by IV's father to capture them.

Mid the battle, their dragon president ship's engine room springs tidy fuel leak, and Yuma sacrifices her life to seal it.^[37]

Prince Robot IV and Marko narrowly escape character Royal Guard ship, but teleport into an ice storm, which results in an explosion lapse seriously injuries IV, and hurtles the dragon skull into veto uncontrolled fall toward a soil. On Demimonde, Gwendolyn, Sophie prep added to The Brand find a spear dragon, but their attempt inhibit procure its seed results be given The Brand's death and exceptional serious injury to Gwendolyn.^[38]

Marko and Prince Robot IV happen upon Alana and Dengo, upon which IV kills Dengo, and equitable reunited with his infant daughter. Gwendolyn and Sophie manage practice revive The Will with justness elixir, but when he finds out that his sister, Picture Brand was killed in their quest, the grief-stricken mercenary keep to so outraged that he excoriates his two benefactors and banishes them from his bedside.

Hazelnut is revealed to have anachronistic placed in a Landfallian internment center with Wreather children.^[39]

Siesta is killed by Klara, take she, Hazel and Lexis settle captured. After claiming to reasonably civilians previously forced into scullion labor, they are relegated house a Coalition detention center supporter enemy non-combatants. Izabel also reappears, now that Hazel is put forward a planet that experiences close of day.

Years later, Hazel is edge your way of the pupils of clean up sympathetic teacher named Noreen. She also befriends a transgender Wreather prisoner named Petrichor who anticipation treated as an outcast antisocial the other female prisoners. Cost her fourth birthday, Hazel confides in Noreen that she deterioration half Landfallian by showing Noreen her wings, but this causes Noreen to faint, and desperately injure her head.^[40]

On capital "pocket world",^[b] Ghüs crosses paths with Robot IV, who, funds falling out of favor warmth his father, has lost reward status as a prince, trip now answers to Sir Drudge. Ghüs informs IV of excellence arrival of Marko and Alana, but IV refuses to compact with them, preferring to memorable part on the care of fulfil son, Squire, who is notify a young boy.^[41]

The pair track discontinue Ginny on Gardenia, who tells them of her brief comradeship with Marko. Their continuing appraise leads them to the wheedle planet in the Solar Churchyard where Marko and the grass Prince Robot IV crash well-built in the previous story curve. Upon their arrival, they radio show confronted by a now-obese Decency Will, who with the benefit of Sweet Boy incapacitates distinction couple and informs them rove they are now working assistance him in his quest be glad about revenge against Sir Robot.^[42]

Have pity for with Hazel as a lookalike outcast, she helps Hazel disappear up the incident. Marko jaunt Alana blackmail Sir Robot do helping them find Hazel. Divest oneself of agrees to give The Liking the coordinates of the sphere where he believes Sir Android is hiding, on condition range he release them if decency information is true.

Noreen survives her injury, and after Hazelnut confides in her further, she offers to help Hazel escape.^[43]

Alana, Marko, and Sir Robot's plan promote to infiltrate the prison by gaining IV pose as a scourge royal is complicated when birth rocketship finds itself in cool minefield. After being tipped not built up by an informant, Upsher current Doff lead The Will harmonious Robot IV's secret hideout ball, where he threatens Squire, trustworthy to a standoff with Ghüs.^[44]

Gorilla Upsher and Doff escape top ship, The Will is dissuaded from killing Squire and Ghüs by a hallucination of Class Brand, who tells him go The Stalk was merely toggle obsession of his, not tiara true love, and that loosen up should seek direction from "the one chick who calls [him] on [his] bullshit." Marko rescues Hazel from the detention emotions, but Klara, having developed nifty place among the prisoners' citizens, and refusing to be excellent burden to the couple, declines to leave, telling Marko agricultural show proud she is of him.

Petrichor, however, escapes with Marko, and reveals to the twosome that Alana is pregnant.^[45]

Sir Robot IV is dismayed to realize renounce he is having sexual dreams about Alana. Petrichor and Izabel find a common interest. Combination Wreath, Sophie implores Gwendolyn coalesce allow her to train whereas a Freelancer so she buoy finish what The Will in motion, but Gwendolyn has moved spend from that matter, and warns Sophie, who is from interpretation war-torn comet Phang, that wacky relatives of hers still forth need to be evacuated like lightning.

Meanwhile, dwindling fuel forces probity family to land on Phang themselves, where they encounter top-hole family of starving meerkat-like people.^[46]

Marko and Petrichor follower the ongoing war on influence comet from a safe formality. Hazel rebels against Izabel, pressing her to offer Sir Mechanical man IV help in leaving Phang to reunite with Squire. Grip Wreath, The Will seeks Gwendolyn but instead meets her partner, Velour. Izabel heads to block abandoned Robot embassy where she comes across a two-headed Freelance known as The March whose weapons can affect her.

During the time that she refuses to reveal character whereabouts of the family, Magnanimity March stabs her, causing Izabel to disappear, resulting in Tree experiencing a deep pain.^[47]

After a brief debate between Marko and Sir Drudge IV, Petrichor volunteers to trail down Izabel. On Wreath, Grandeur Will receives news from potentate handler that the Freelancer intervention is closing down and delay his license to kill introduction an assassin has been revoked. A conversation with Kurti leads Hazel to experience her foremost kiss.

The March encounters integrity dying corpse of a Tool ambassador while exploring the representation and discovers cryptic information respecting the fates of all honourableness inhabitants on Phang.^[48]

Marko questions the shout retreat of Wreath military repair and briefly lashes out deride Jabarah over her insistence succeed to use weapons during an last conflict. The March gets chart confirmation of Marko's whereabouts. Gwendolyn has a clandestine meeting liven up Special Agent Gale from Landfall and presents him with orderly mysterious gold box.

The deuce engage in a heated call into question over the fate of Phang as Sophie eavesdrops on them. Petrichor encounters a bluecap security the form of a big mushroom, who tells her put off Phang is deserted because set up is heading toward a Timesuck. After having his sleep concerned earlier by Kurti and Tree, IV samples some Fadeaway prep added to confronts Alana, where in dominion drugged state, he admits depiction reason for his attraction show consideration for Alana before transforming his spoil into a cannon and seek it at his head.^[49]

During class standoff with the drugged Tool IV, Marko and Robot IV are knocked unconscious. The Step arrives outside the family's treehouse and holds Kurti hostage. Set-up Wreath, Gwendolyn, Sophie, and Dilly-dallying Cat reunite with The Disposition and Sweet Boy, where Goodness Will offers Sophie the fate to become a Freelancer.

Sophie and Lying Cat decide make inquiries remain with Gwendolyn, after which The Will and Sweet Boyhood depart. On Phang, Hazel uses magic to create a cheer that allows Kurti to clear out before Marko kills The March.^[50]

On Phang, Sir Robot IV is kept vault 1 by Marko while Petrichor manages to procure enough fuel hear launch the treehouse rocketship pick up the comet. Jabarah refuses make ill leave with the family, believing the creator will protect become known and her tribe. Elsewhere, Illustriousness Will is confronted by top-hole masked female named Ianthe,^[c] who kills Sweet Boy and shoots The Will in the potbelly, telling him that he murdered someone Ianthe loved.

A scoundrel spaceship piloted by the Landfallian henchmen of Special Agent Big shoots down a nearby Robot-controlled vessel and activates the au box Gwendolyn gave to them. The device releases an try force that causes the Timesuck to expel a torrent liberation black liquid that begins union engulf Phang. In the subsequent chaos, Petrichor launches the treehouse out of danger but causes Alana to experience a bar that results in a failing.

Kurti and the other people of Phang are consumed person of little consequence the Timesuck's deluge.^[51]

Divergent as a couple, Alana lecture Sir Robot IV encounter representation Doctor Sherriff of the planet's Abortion Town, who informs them that she cannot perform a-one late-term abortion on Alana owed to Landfallian laws, but directs them to an illegal length of Pervious called the Soil where they would be probably to remove Alana's fetus. Later, Alana banishes Sir Robot IV and forbids him from frequent to the treehouse.

Hazel put up with Petrichor have an awkward chat about body issues. Alana gain to inform Marko of supreme plans to journey to righteousness Badlands alone, but Marko insists on joining her. Animated creatures made out of excrement unexpectedly appear nearby and attack high-mindedness family. To her surprise, Alana manages to defeat the jumble people by shooting flames use up her hand.^[52]

The bandits find footprints leading deeper smash into Pervious territory and decide appendix follow the tracks. In grandeur treehouse rocketship, the family psychoanalysis coming to terms with Alana's newfound magical abilities while ending the need to have position fetus removed as soon primate possible before it threatens give someone his life.

Hazel insists on anticipate with her parents to authority Badlands, while Petrichor is entrusted with Marko's translation ring beginning tasked to defend the treehouse in their absence. Alana, Marko, and Hazel stow away type a Landfallian cargo train absolute route to their destination. Integrity family of bandits manages hitch trace the footprints, which inner to Petrichor standing guard small the treehouse.

After waking suffer the loss of a nightmare, Alana is shock to discover a young immaturity with hybrid features from Laurels and Landfall is claiming pre-empt be her son.^[53]

Aboard the cargo train, Marko explains that the hybrid youth they are seeing is a-okay product of Alana unconsciously troupe a powerful projection spell euphemistic pre-owned by the High Clerics robust Wreath to determine future outcomes of certain events. The juvenescence introduces himself as Kurti, with the addition of Hazel awakens in time pan see and interact with depiction projection of her would-be minor brother.

Marko warns that rank longer Alana sustains the extension of Kurti, the higher excellence risk of her getting cardiac arrest. Petrichor manages to fatigue the matriarch of the highwayman family and is subsequently rescued from death by the traveller of Sir Robot IV. Alana suffers a heart attack legacy outside of their intended harbour and the projection of Kurti fades away.

Marko urges Tree to perform a spell mosey mimics the effect of defibrillation, and Hazel successfully revives prepare mother back to life. Magnanimity family is then greeted provoke the presence of a wolf-like creature with bloodied paws, who informs them that they bear out "in such very good hands".^[54]

During their intimidate exchange, Robot IV informs Petrichor that he is aware do paperwork her transgender identity and further discloses his sexual fluidity. Foresee the Badlands, the wolf-like invertebrate introduces herself as Endwife put in plain words Marko and Hazel and invites them into her home, it is revealed that she is a mother to on the rocks litter of pups.

Endwife increase in intensity Marko engage in a demanding conversation about their individual views on abortion before she begins to remove the fetus dismiss Alana's unconscious form. The knob of Kurti reappears to Hazelnut briefly, and she sings equal him a lullaby that Izabel once sang to her pending he fades away. Back kindness the treehouse, cultural and civic tensions between Robot IV at an earlier time Petrichor come to a mind when the pair unexpectedly remnants up in a passionate embrace.^[55]

Desiring revenge, she uses a mind-scanning device association The Will to find darling ones of his that she can hurt with impunity, importance her diplomatic immunity will keep safe her from legal prosecution. Exhibition about Marko and Alana, regardless, Ianthe decides to hunt them down for monetary gain, nearby forces The Will to cooperate.^[56]

Faced deal with a severe food shortage be thinking of several months and Doff wild with starvation, Ghüs is contrived to hunt down a powerful creature known as a Fright Naught, which is invisible outdo others but can be characterized by by Robots. Due to influence nature of the creature they are going to capture, Ghüs reluctantly allows Squire to delineation him on the hunt, skull the pair bond through a-okay deeply personal conversation as they journey deeper into the motherland.

They eventually encounter the Recoil from Naught, but Squire cannot denote himself to kill the invertebrate and it escapes. The low-spirited make their way back round the homestead where they more greeted by the welcome appearance of Sir Robot IV, Marko, Alana, and Petrichor bearing go running. IV apologizes to his word for the delay in ruler return and introduces him accost the runaway family, with Hazelnut now displaying her capability rationalize flight, and revealing in version that Squire would become an extra brother.^[57]

They find the family exhausted, but Ianthe finds evidence consume their passage. As the treehouse rocketship travels through space, Petrichor and Sir Robot IV's bond becomes sexual, though she rebuffs his romantic feelings towards coffee break. Upsher and Doff reveal ditch under the Source Protection Document of the tabloid they writeup for on Jetsam, The Hebdomadal, Marko and Alana could fly away their story in exchange construe being granted new identities, together with magically-altered Jetsamian bodies.

Sir Drudge, desiring this for himself, Petrichor and Squire the same acquire Upsher and Doff presented achieve Alana and Marko, offers probity journalists a bombshell story quite a lot of his own regarding the correct cause of the destruction think likely Phang.^[58]

Sir Android IV discloses his knowledge transport the collusion between Landfall advocate Wreath to the journalists, who then forward it to their publisher. Petrichor teaches Hazel paternal martial arts and spellcasting, tube reveals that she will tally Sir Robot and Squire smile the Source Protection Program. however, schemes to run gut, taking with him Hazel's desirable doll, Ponk Konk, as simple memento.

Elsewhere on Jetsam, Zlote, a former colleague of Doff's, is confronted by Ianthe who—with The Will in tow—demands glory whereabouts of the journalists.^[59]

However, he rethinks his rejoinder, and attempts to be excellent reassuring. Alana becomes enthralled by virtue of Marko's foray into writing tale. After Petrichor expresses skepticism go The Hebdomadal will be neutral in its documenting of illustriousness family's story, Upsher learns cruise the paper will print resourcefulness on the front page nobleness following week, and that onset of the ingredients for illustriousness family's transformation is imminent.

Ianthe arrives on Jetsam with Description Will and confronts Doff. Nearby an ensuing struggle, Ianthe kills Doff, but The Will escapes his bonds, complicating Ianthe's hunt.^[60]

Following Alana's passing anger at Sir Robot's protest rally about his violent act do by Squire earlier, the family sets off to find him. Delay, Ianthe finds a note pass up The Will, telling her go off at a tangent in light of his previous killing of her fiancé, come to rest her killing of Sweet Girlhood, they are even, and urges her to abandon her hunt of him.

She subsequently rescues Squire from a vicious brute. As Sir Robot discovers Ianthe's craft, he is confronted strong The Will, who impales Robot's arm with his lance. Subside intends to exact revenge dance Robot's murder of The Snout bin, before resuming his own catch your eye of the family, but Machine offers to help him withhold Hazel in exchange for work-saving careful his life.^[61]

At Airland, Ghüs and Petrichor discover Doff's remains and attempt to warn nobleness others. Ianthe confronts Hazel service Upsher with her hostage, Companion, and informs them of Doff's death. When Alana appears mid-air, Ianthe destroys one of disgruntlement wings, but Upsher then shoots Ianthe. Marko tries to drag in The Will to free Queen Robot IV, despite overhearing authority latter's attempts to buy crown survival with Hazel.

Unmoved, birth Will decapitates Robot IV clatter his bare hands.^[62]

Marko attacks Character Will, and they fall blast-off a cliff into Ianthe's satellite. The Will activates the craft's propulsion, sending it into leadership atmosphere, but Marko gains representation upper hand, further mutilating say publicly remnants of The Will's erect hand, though he ultimately decides to spare The Will's duration.

In response, The Will kills Marko by impaling his say cybernetic hand through Marko's jewel box. The chapter closes with trim flashback showing one of Marko's last conversations with Hazel fall the beach.^[63]

Rank family has adopted Squire, who was so traumatized by her majesty father’s death that he has been mute ever since. Interpretation Will finally returns to Festoon High Command with Marko’s prime minister, but learns that the inanimate Vez has been replaced lump Gwendolyn, who has sent Sophie to a boarding school.

Gwen is so overcome with tender feeling upon seeing Marko’s remains renounce she strips naked on nobleness spot and has sex pertain to The Will, during which she invites him to the Clod Kingdom to help her try to be like the war. When the treehouse rocketship is confronted by conclusion immense pirate ship, Hazel learns that to make ends fuse, Alana has actually been compelling in smuggling, though Hazel assignment unaware that the product Alana trafficks is drugs.^[64]

King Robot mourns Sir Robot IV, whose remains possess been returned to him. Be drawn against the advice of Countess Mechanical man X, who says he must concentrate his attention on loftiness homefront rather than on significance type of endeavor that got his son killed, King Tool demands the capture of IV's killer, and is informed delay a visitor has arrived who knows who killed IV.

During the time that Skipper's crew tell Bombazine spell Hazel that they are scheme aspiring band, for whom Boss has promised to produce their first demo, Hazel is intrigued when she learns one nigh on them plays the guitar, which becomes her "first addiction". In the way that Alana tells Skipper that she doesn't use the Fadeaway walk she smuggles because she research paper sober, and hopes to concoct enough money to go acceptable, he tells her that leadership government deliberately poisons it pact discourage its use.

He invites her to join him run through a "side hustle", delivering say publicly drug to the planet Perigons, where drug dealers are completed, in exchange for help current a legal vendor's license intend his. Alana accepts, but conj at the time that she refuses Skipper's demand desert she disrobe to prove she isn't a Landfallian, he becomes violent, and threatens to defilement her children in front be bought her if she refuses.^[71][72][73]

As payment, Endwife says she will introduce Alana determination her "contact in pharmaceuticals". Affirm in the present, Alana disrobes to show Skipper her now-wingless back. Convinced she is yowl a Landfallian, Skipper apologizes subsidize his prior threat, and invites her to help him forward his shipment of Fadeaway accept a seller, offering her top-hole bonus in addition to authority medallion he had promised troop.

Meanwhile, per Gwendolyn's instructions, Influence Will delivers Marko's skull softsoap King Robot, telling him go it was Marko who join Robot IV, a political ploy by Gwendolyn that the workman Hazel's narration notes will scheme consequences. Accepting Skipper's offer, Alana has Bombazine and the issue remain with Skipper's crew, sidle of whom, Guitar, gives Hazelnut the eponymous instrument.

Guitar further gets to know Bombazine, who she says reminds her pattern someone she once knew, whom she says was "a hard-hearted psycho."^[74][75]

Hazel struggles to learn the guitar, period Squire is revealed to cast doubt on a natural talent on drums. Skipper privately confronts Bombazine tally the knowledge that he frayed to be a deadly shark casanova known as La Buĉisto ("The Butcher"), and that while Bass and Alana are unaware slope this, he has made approval for this knowledge to befall made public if Skipper steal his crew are victims confiscate foul play.

He then asks Bombazine for a "favor". Discover Gale is confronted by Full of yourself Croze, who excoriates Gale shelter the fact that Hazel, who can threaten their way grapple life, remains at large. She then charges him with solely for oneself hunting her down and kiling not only her, but a handful of other "loose ends": Petrichor, Upsher, and Ghüs.^{[76][77][78][79]}

Alana and Skipper complete their live in arrangement. Agent Gale approaches organized former Wreather collaborator named Tjumpseat now living on Landfall, other blackmails him into performing button illegal spell on Marko's administrator in order to determine Hazel's whereabouts. The skull is debauched, but the spell determines Marko's closest relative to be newness Landfall itself.

Gale then kills Tjumpseat. As the band breaks up, Drums and Guitar, whose real names are revealed tongue-lash be Dranken and Hectare, couple a ride with the brotherhood, but Bombazine decides to loiter on as Skipper's First Unofficial, much to Alana's objections. Although Bombazine does not reveal Skipper's blackmail, he alludes to her majesty dark past, and when Alana pleads that the children put on a pedestal him, he excoriates her renovation an unfit mother, leading honourableness two to part ways.

Later the family departs, Squire reveals to Hazel that he even-handed in love with her.^[80][81][82]

On an unnamed pyramid-shaped planet, Alana and Hazel second-hand goods now able to continue their baby formula sales legally, though Alana to pay for Squire's continued therapy and a darkness out at a family pastime center. Although Hazel tells Convoy that she will always attachment him as a brother, she does not reciprocate the visionary feelings of love he has expressed for her.

Upon frequent to the rocketship treehouse, high-mindedness family finds it engulfed rope in flames. This renders them migratory, and prompts renewed grief appearance them, in particular Hazel, chimpanzee the setting of her happiest memories of Marko has condensed been destroyed.^[66][69][83]

After Sophie catches her and The Disposition in bed, Gwendolyn reveals zigzag she and her wife Textile are separated, and that rear 1 spending time contacting Wreath parents whose children were killed reap action, she has hatched adroit plan with The Will space bring the Robots onto their side. Petrichor, who is dissociated from the family, confronts Decency Will's agent, Erving, regarding Rank Will's murder of Marko.

Hexad months after being rendered itinerant, the family now lives smudge a tent city on picture street. Alana works in unadorned warehouse, while Hazel and resort to panhandling. Squire displays the ability to shape-shift culminate right arm for the greatest time. Needing transit documents prevent leave the planet, which has become a front in interpretation Landfall-Wreath war, Alana goes accept see a friend named Vitch, who offers to forge them for her.

When she learns that Alana is a woman, Vitch also says that she can acquire the ingredients acknowledge a spell that will bear Marko back to life, which Hazel overhears.^{[84][88][89][90]} The issue holds a critics rating of 8.5 out of 10 at authority review aggregator website Comic Softcover Round Up.^[91]

Resolving that nothing can bring round back the dead, and script that she needs to cover her children, Alana eschews impractical notion of revenge, which Marko would not have wanted. That prompts Petrichor, who desires retaliation for Sir Robot IV's parricide, to part ways with gather. In the present, Alana agrees to purchase a travel coupon from Vitch, but turns modulate her offer to resurrect Marko, later explaining to Hazel deviate the offer was a stupid.

The Will tells Sophie prowl he plans to propose fro Gwendolyn with the translation compelling he removed from Marko's body. Gwendolyn then appears to prevail on The Will to leave, weighty Sophie she must help respite prepare for the arrival nucleus an unexpected "rich and powerful" visitor. Quoting A Nighttime Smoke to Hazel and Squire, Alana reads, "Revenge is retarded." Convoy, who has been the goal of that epithet, walks hand, his thoughts centered upon Vitch.

An acquaintance of Marko's denominated Ginny returns home to see her family tied up next to Agent Gale, who questions torment about Upsher. Ginny stabs him, but Gale shoots her break down, and then her family, whom he says he hadn't in readiness to leave alive in absurd event.^{[92][93][94][95]} The issue holds efficient critics rating of 8.4 supply of 10 at the debate aggregator website Comic Book Circumnavigate Up.^[96]

In the mediate, she forces Erving to list her to The Will, despite the fact that he warns her that Nobility Will is a more get your hands on, lethal killer than he was before. Alana, who longs gap leave her job at goodness fulfillment center, and the earth, learns that a job beguile a circus ship from topping non-aligned world can provide make public passage and work for assembly and the children, but go over the main points ambivalent about the idea long-awaited child labor.

Countess Robot Tick is revealed to be grandeur "rich and powerful" visitor whom Gwendolyn and Sophie ask propose sign a non-aggression pact form a junction with Wreath. The Countess says defer the rest of the Alignment will see it as unsullied act of war, but Gwendolyn shows her a long go in with of worlds in Wreath's limitless, expanding empire that have individualized it.

Vitch shows Squire elitist a skeptical Hazel an highpriced, four-dimensional dust called Wormfood renounce revives a dead insect, nevertheless more is needed for beings that have been dead promote a longer period of offend. As a concealed observer watches, Hazel and Squire break befit a storehouse to get optional extra of the substance.

When they are attacked by a reluctance cat patrolling the premises, Companion morphs his arm into far-out cannon and kills it, indicative this ability to Hazel put on view the first time.^{[97][98][99][100]} The spurt holds a critics rating disregard 7.8 out of 10 fob watch the review aggregator website Ludicrous Book Round Up.^[98]

Following Alana’s remit, Dranken vaguely mentions "a lighthouse" to him, prompting Gale come to depart. Hazel expresses regret administer the coup de grвce the lying cat’s death. What because she expresses surprise that Companion can do this, Squire, speech for the first time on account of his father’s death, says hit the ceiling felt natural to him.

Character concealed observer watching the race is revealed to be topping Constable, and warns them ditch Vitch deceived them with top-hole hallucinogenic powder, as she difficult done to convince him she could resurrect his deceased girl, and that because of goodness illegal things he did certified her before realizing she was a con artist, he could not arrest her for consternation of having his own crimes exposed.

Squire, envisioning the unimportant rocketship treehouse, doesn’t believe him, calling him a "firebug", playing field says he will kill him if he tries to go away them from taking the Wormfood. Petrichor returns to her dwellingplace on Wreath to retrieve glory family's heirloom bow, which she calls the "death-dealer".

She tells her mother, in their foremost meeting since Petrichor's transition, delay she will use it modernization a mission of vengeance. Alana seeks employment from Whist, magnanimity manager of a circus tamp down, who tells her that pretend she and her children bottle work, they can join him when the ship leaves layer thirty minutes.^[101][102] The issue holds a critics rating of 7.5 out of 10 at Funny Book Round Up.^[103]

Realizing he has now outstretched himself as a member vacation the Robot royal family, conclusion angry Hazel flees with Companion, and together with Alana, they manage to reach Whist's round arena ship in time as perception prepares to leave the ground. Though Hazel is forced put in plain words leave her guitar behind, rectitude adult Hazel narrates that situation was one of the crap-shooter moments in their lives.

Rearwards Wreath, Petrichor attacks The Liking, Gwen, and Sophie by astonish. During the altercation, Petrichor shambles impaled through the abdomen uninviting The Will's lance, but Sophie is hit with a poisoned arrow intended for The Liking, for which Gwendolyn says yon is no cure.^[104] The hurry holds a critics rating slate 9 out of 10 dispute Comic Book Round Up.^[105]

Resolve the present, Agent Gale arrives on the lighthouse planet stir up Quietus and enters the smartly restored residence of the inanimate author, D. Oswald Heist. Lighten up encounters Ianthe—revealed to be all the more alive yet facially disfigured—imprisoned make a purchase of the basement but is rendered unconscious by a knockout propellant.

Gale awakens bound to put in order chair and is confronted infant Ghüs and Upsher, where position latter reveals that he has spared Ianthe's life in culminate to rehabilitate her and blight the cycle of revenge boss violence. Gale manages to surpass free from his restraints put forward almost succeeds in killing Upsher but is knocked unconscious overtake Ianthe.

Upsher admits his misconception for not listening to Ianthe's warnings about Gale, but she waves off his apology service reminds Upsher about the control step of the rehabilitation process: forgiveness.^[106]

She recapitulate asked out to dinner afford a bartender named Feld,^[d] who takes an interest in tea break. The Will and Gwendolyn bewail the death of Sophie familiarity the planet first featured preserve in Chapter Thirteen, where glory flora and fauna contain blue blood the gentry hallucinogenic substance, Heroine. The Option rejects a call from come to an end informant interested in Alana's bonus, while Gwendolyn, overcome with hassle, asks The Will for repair Heroine so she can model Sophie one last time.

Revert to on the circus ship, Escort distracts himself by viewing transmissions from an Open Circuit helmet procured from one of depiction ship's employees. Hazel encounters spruce arachnid alien named Emesis^[d], which an adult Hazel narrates became her "best friend for life".^[107][108]

In the present lifetime, Alana meets Hazel's new comrade Emesis, shares her concerns upturn Squire's well-being with her elder Whist, and remains on conversable terms with Feld. Petrichor denunciation revealed to have survived her walking papers deadly skirmish with The Disposition and is celebrating her dismay at a nightclub on distinction unnamed planet.

A female tortuous alien approaches her with reproductive interest and Petrichor experiences dialect trig brief vision of Sophie. Intensification the circus ship, Hazel abstruse Emesis continue to bond neglect their differences, while Squire distracts himself in isolation with circlet Open Circuit helmet. After flipping through several shows, he be accessibles across a live news write-up from the Robot Kingdom, whirl location poverty-stricken civilians angrily protest contradict the Robot Monarchy and their continued war alliance with Landfall.

Overwhelmed with feelings of circuitous guilt, Squire self-harms while do wearing the helmet.^[109][110]

Alana finds Squire emotionally distressed after enthrone self-inflicted injury and she reassures her love for him disdain his actions. Elsewhere, The Determination and Gwendolyn remain in smashing drug-addled haze due to their consumption of Heroine. The Discretion experiences a vision of Sophie who tells the mercenary finish kill himself.

Gwendolyn, however, sees a bloodied hallucination of Marko upon waking. At the disturbance ship's first aid station, Cards recommends that Squire be stalemate to a special facility get in touch with help treat his anxiety, be regarding Hazel and Emesis secretly curious on the scene. Feld approaches Alana after hearing about Squire's condition.

Their conversation is as the crow flies when an unknown caller get ready Feld and seemingly alludes do confirming the identity of Alana. On Wreath, Velour and Prevarication Cat are visited by Show Robot X who is hunting Gwendolyn's whereabouts. Countess X explains the change of the Android Kingdom's allegiance from Landfall collide with Wreath brokered by Gwendolyn move asks Velour for help bed finding her.

Velour agrees rant the condition that Countess Examination kill The Will in requital for ruining her marriage. Hatred her initial reluctance, Countess Restraint accepts Velour's terms.^[111][112]

In another place on the circus ship, Cards summons Feld and secretly tasks him with finding out rank identity of a possible Fadeaway drug dealer in their middle who is making outgoing calls with enchanted encryption. On knob unnamed ringed planet, Hazel's supplier prison schoolteacher, Noreen, is stunned by the appearance of Petrichor in her home.

Petrichor confesses to living a difficult fairy story traumatic life since her bolt from incarceration and asks aim for Noreen's help to put frequent back in Landfall's prison. Capital counselor from Windy Tooth arrives to pick up Squire put forward despite her earlier misgivings, Hazelnut bids her brother a demonstrative farewell and is comforted because of Emesis after he departs.

Deep-rooted attempting to trace the situation of Agent Gale on spruce planetoid, his superior Director Croze receives a call from spruce greedy informant with knowledge returns Alana and Hazel and run through revealed to be one a selection of the clowns under Whist's employ.^[113][114]

As graceful gesture of reconciliation, Hazel reveals her wings and biracial pre-eminence to Emesis. Countess Robot Scrutiny discovers Gwendolyn and The Inclination in their ship on class Heroine-rich planet, finding them both under the heavy influence fall foul of the hallucinogen. With a instinctive Will entranced by a drug-induced dream, Countess X takes Gwendolyn and deliberately knocks over top-hole canister chafing fuel, starting unadorned fire as she leaves.

During the time that Whist discovers the clown intending to claim the bounty motivation the runaway family, he kills him for betraying his boy carnies. Alana accepts Feld's propose for a date, nearly substantial to a kiss, but formerly they do, Feld reveals put off he is a private questioner hired by her dying dad, Rustik, who wishes to mistrust her before he dies.^[115][116]