Sherry’s Reviews > Patterns in the Dark > Status Update

News of dragon, squadron, and Sardelle is all over the capital. King is missing, Queen supposedly in charge, but seen by none outside Castle. The Col Ridge dumped is now in charge of the flying squadron and the General previously in charge has been relived of command.

Cas thwarts soldiers from blowing ceiling of the lab while Jaxie tries to use radiation to cure dragon of its illness, which is what has been infecting others. Dragon is close to death. He is young and was placed in Stasis 3000 years ago due to his illness. Then Cas's father brings the whole top of the pyramid down on all of them and has a soul blade that he has borrowed from his employer to kill the dragon.

Crew choses to burn a hole in a upper level of the pyramid instead of getting involved in the firefight between pirates and soldiers at the only entrance. They then climb on a rope down and swing into one of holes in sides of walls below since barrier keeps them out. Dragon wakes and shouts "INTRUDERS!" into everyone's mind

Soldiers on guard inside have their necks slashed making it easier for Tolemech to get inside where he found a silver dragon unconscious. His sister was being forced to draw vials of the dragon's blood. She is determined to save the dragon. Tole is seen by a guard and there is a magical incinerating barrier above the dragon. Tylie is linked to the dragon.

They ultimately reach a pyramid in a crater that contains the dragon. Cas is warned off by her father, a famous assassin. She doesn't know who he is trying to kill. The dragon has only communicated by sending images of death to Jaxie. Tylie, Tolemech's sister, speaks to him again saying the dragon is dying and he goes off to try to rescue her without the others.

As they progress through the jungle, Cas keeps feeling like people are following her. In addition, dead people and animals abound , seemingly killed by some kind of contagion that they don't know how it is spreading and they may have been exposed.

Mostly told from Cas's point of view. They found island where dragon is and brought Ridge's father along since the locals had turned against them where he had been. No indication that Tolemech's sister is there. Were attacked by a dragon blood charged octopus in the river. Starting looking at a village that seems to have been killed off.