Overview of plot (beware, spoilers):
Sophie feels slightly dizzy whenever she leaps, a side effect of her recent abduction. Light begins bothering Sophie, causing a headache.
Many people are beginning to question the Council's leadership. Sophie notices that the people of Mysterium are afraid of her because of her recent abduction.
Sophie goes with Brady and Edaline to visit Jolie's Wanderling. Sophie visits her own Wanderling and discovers a compass left there by the Black Swan. They then visit Brant, who tells Sophie that he's seen her before.
Brady believes that the Black Swan murdered Jolie in retaliation because Brady refused to join the Black Swan. Brady is resentful of the Council because they didn't respond the way he expected.
Footprints are found at Havenfield. Sandor reveals that there is a way to trick his senses. Silveny is scared.
Sophie goes with Alden to Exile to perform a memory break on Fintan. Alden's mind is nearly broken by the experience. Alden appears to get better, but when he sees Wylie later at Foxfire, his mind breaks with the guilt over his role in what happened to Prentice.
Tiergan, despite his anger and resentment towards Alden, is upset about Alden’s condition.
Sophie remembers her pink journal and remembers runes she wrote in the margin. She finds that she no longer has the journal; she must have left it in San Diego in her old house.
Sophie looks through Jolie's things searching for clues.
Sophie continues to have trouble with her abilities. She fades more than once and comes close to dying.
Silveny teleports away with Sophie to some distant mountains. This causes quite a scene with the Council and results in Sophie earning Keefe's admiration, since he loves anyone who causes trouble.
Sophie asks for Councillor Terik's help in finding her possessions from her San Diego home. Terik takes Sophie to where the Fosters' things are stored, and Sophie retrieves her pink journal. She is furious when she finds that pages have been torn out, presumably by Mr. Forkle.
With Keefe's help, Sophie figures out that she saw an elvin boy who disappeared when she was five years old.
Sophie receives a warning message from the Black Swan about poking into things she's not ready to know. A piece of paper from her journal is attached to the note.
Master Leto is rather concerned about Sophie's reaction to the Lodestar mirror. Sophie finds Leto to be very annoying and wishes he'd mind his own business.
The Black Swan informs Sophie that they can fix her. Sophie flies on Silveny with Keefe to the Black Swan's cave hideout, where Mr. Forkle fixes her. When Sophie and Keefe are ready to leave, the rebels attack, trying to take Silveny away. Silveny's wing is broken during the battle. Sophie realizes that she can teleport, so she is able to get all three of them back home to safety.
Now that Sophie has been fixed, she heals Alden.
Sophie teleports with Silveny into the Celestial Festival, providing the spectacle that the Council requested.
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Keeper of the Lost Cities Summaries, Reviews, and Theories
Page 66: "I think Tolkien wrote them during the 1930s or '40s." "That's back before the Human Assistance Program was banned." Grady smiled when her eyebrows shot up. "We used to send members of the nobility in disguise to try to teach humans our ways."
We can then conclude that the rebel groups likely ramped into overdrive after the end of World War 2. The elves have mentioned having a problem with humans' weapons of mass destruction, so the atomic bomb would have been the reason.
Page 121: "Not the way the Council wants to, no. They want to reach out as allies. But if the Black Swan were our allies, we wouldn't have to find them."
Grady makes this statement in reference to the Council wanting him to help find the Black Swan. Grady believes the Black Swan are murderers. I find it interesting that at this early stage that the Council wants to work with the Black Swan. The Council soon turns against the Black Swan.
Page 309: "Alden was the accuser, though," Tiergan said as he slowly crossed the room to where Alden lay. "And he was wrong," He wiped a tear from his cheek and grabbed Alden by the shoulders. "Why didn't you just listen to me when I told you he was innocent? Was this worth it?"
Page 310: "Guilt is a treacherous thing. It creeps in slowly, breaking you down bit by bit. I'd wager Alden's been on the verge of a break since he learned the Black Swan were on our side."
Page 322: Tiergan fiddled with the edges of his sleeves. "I've known more loss than anyone."
Tiergan decides to forgive Alden for the memory break on Prentice since Alden's guilt caused his mind to break. I'm curious about Tiergan's statement about how he has known more loss than anyone.
Stop reading NOW if you have only read the series up through to this book. The rest of this post contains some significant plot spoilers from later books in the set.
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Here are some passages about Fintan.
Page 205: "So... he's been exiled?" Last she'd heard, the Councillors were giving him a chance to confess before they took such a drastic measure. "They moved him here earlier in the week. I'll admit, I was surprised. Normally, they wait until after..." "After what?"
They moved rather quickly to condemn Fintan to Exile. As we learn later, Fintan was not responsible for the fires. Fintan may be a villain, but this was unjust.
Page 220: Fintan's hands curled around the metal arms of his chair, turning his knuckles white. "Our world is broken, Alden—and all the Council does about it is condemn anyone brave enough to acknowledge that we have a problem. Break our minds, lock us deep in the earth, convince themselves that we are the criminals."
Page 221: "And that's only a small problem," Fintan added, his voice building steam. "Left to their own devices the Council will let everything we've built crumble to dust. Someone had to stand up and fight for what matters—and while I'm not the one who cast the first sparks, I am willing to help keep the flames alive."
Page 239: Glowing eyes peeked through bushes covered in blue ears, and butterflies with bright red lips whispered sounds like mush.
The passage from page 239 is from Fintan's memories. This proves that Fintan knows about Elysian.
Page 532: Kenric stepped forward. "I think perhaps we're focusing on the wrong concern. Sophie, do you still have the compass that led you to the Black Swan?"
I believe that Kenric and Forkle are the same person. This means that Kenric was a pair of identical twins. Sophie has just returned from having one Forkle reset her abilities at the cave hideout. This Kenric would be the other Forkle. His question to Sophie is designed to keep anyone from suspecting his connection to the Black Swan. After all, his statement makes it sound like he's hoping to get ahold of the compass so that the Council can find the Black Swan's hideout.
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