Overview of plot (beware, spoilers):
Sophie probes Prentice's mind, hoping to find some answers.
Sophie and her friends go with Mr. Forkle to investigate the Neverseen's hideout in Paris. They discover the Lodestar symbol.
The Council decides that everyone should be trained to use their skills, so all elves will begin Exillium training on the Foxfire campus.
The kids learn that Juline is Squall.
Dex finds a listening device in Sophie's imparter. They then figure out that Sophie somehow has Keefe's imparter.
Wylie is attacked by the Neverseen.
Sophie and Fitz meet with Oralie at her castle, hoping to set up a meeting with Gethen.
Keefe leaves a leaping crystal in Sophie's bedroom. Sophie and Fitz meet with Keefe.
Grady and Sophie talk about boys and feelings. Sophie is oblivious about her relationship with Keefe.
Exillium training begins at Foxfire.
Maruca reaches out to Sophie, wanting to see Wylie.
Sophie goes with Mr. Forkle and Oralie to see Gethen at Lumenaria. They don't find out much except that perhaps Cyrah was connected to the Neverseen.
The ogres attack Havenfield. Grady and Edaline are okay, but two goblin guards were killed. Lady Cadence was injured.
Marella wants Mr. Forkle to trigger her ability. He attempts to do so. Later, he triggers Sophie as an Enhancer.
Sophie, Fitz, and Tam end up at a Neverseen hideout and subdue Ruy and Brant. Sophie calls to Greyfell and Silveny, who rescue them.
Alluveterre is now known to the Neverseen. On the other hand, the Black Swan now have the means to get to a number of the Neverseen's hideouts.
Granite mentions his son in front of the Councillors, which gives them a clue to his identity.
Sophie speaks to Lady Gisela via Keefe's rigged imparter.
Mr. Forkle is killed by Gethen.
Sophie realizes that the Neverseen were after her human parents, not Grady and Edaline.
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Keeper of the Lost Cities Summaries, Reviews, and Theories
Page 162: The Lodestar mirror reflected pure light, and Sophie kept thinking that had to mean something. But... the mirror was centuries old.
I'm sure that it does mean something important to the Lodestar Initiative. What that might be is anybody's guess.
Page 296: Your mom? Wylie shifted back to surly teenager form. What did they want to know about her? she asked. "They thought I was with her when she made her last leap. I kept telling them I wasn't, but they kept burning me over and over and telling me it would stop when I stopped lying. They didn't get it. She died because I found her too late."
Cyrah is very important for some reason. On page 477, Gethen tells Sophie that Cyrah's connection to the Neverseen was interesting and that it had to do with starstones.
Page 342: All Fintan does is take me to crowded places and make me isolate each person's feelings.
Page 344: Plus there aren't any other Empaths to train me. I asked him why, and he said, "It's rare to find those who are open to new sensations."
Page 345: Before he brings me back to the hideout, he always asks, "If you could only save one of these people, who would you save?"
Page 401: But it's starting to feel like they're doing some sort of... gathering. It's almost like Fintan has this list of people and information he needs, and he's checking them off one by one.
I continue to try to make sense of what Fintan is doing.
Page 433: "No, Mr. Forkle has been invited to represent the Black Swan. The order has made a name for itself in recent months, and the world leaders have requested to hear its thoughts on the negotiations as well."
Page 609: "And while the Black Swan have proven themselves to be both resourceful and reasonable—which is why they're represented here at this Summit—the Neverseen have unfortunately caused incredible chaos.
The Black Swan has risen in prominence and credibility. In this book, Mr. Forkle is able to meet with the Council to negotiate. The relations between the Council and the Black Swan have improved, although Emery continues to try to read Mr. Forkle's thoughts.
Oralie and the Black Swan are also working more closely, since Oralie takes Sophie and Mr. Forkle to talk to Gethen.
Stop reading NOW if you have only read the series up through to this book. The rest of this post contains major plot spoilers from later books in the set.
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This passage on page 43 is significant. If you've read my past posts, then you're aware that I'm 100% convinced that Kenric is Forkle/Leto and that he is Sophie's genetic father.
"Was Kenric my father? He was a Telepath. And he was always so kind to me." Her throat closed off as she remembered his bright smiles.
The red-haired Councillor had been one of Sophie's strongest supporters, right up until the day she'd lost him to Fintan's inferno of Everblaze.
Magnate Leto reached for Sophie's hand, tracing a finger across the star-shaped scar he'd accidentally given her when he healed her abilities. "Kenric wasn't involved with Project Moonlark. And that's all I can tell you. Some secrets must remain hidden."
[This commentary is nearly identical to what I have in another post. I decided to leave it in both posts.]
I believe Leto's statement is technically true but highly misleading. I finally worked out what he is doing. Councillor Kenric was not involved with Project Moonlark; rather, Mr. Forkle was involved. Kenric's Black Swan activities were, technically speaking, completed as Mr. Forkle. So, it is true to say that Kenric wasn't involved in Project Moonlark.
Also, Leto is tracing Sophie's scar as he says that Kenric wasn't involved. It's like he's talking about the scar, which was caused by Forkle. Kenric didn't cause the scar, not technically.
Finally, Leto doesn't answer the question, "Was Kenric my father?" He instead answers, "Kenric wasn't involved with Project Moonlark." That isn't a denial; it's a statement that is unrelated to the question that was asked.
Therefore, Leto is deliberately misleading Sophie.
Page 48: "When it comes to Prentice, I never seem to follow the course of wisdom. I suppose I feel too responsible."
That's not surprising. Based on the Forgotten Secrets of Book 9, Kenric asked Prentice to be the Keeper of the Black Swan. That would make him feel responsible for what happened to Prentice.
Page 153: "And therein lies the problem of only having pieces of information," Mr. Forkle told her. "It raises more questions than it answers."
This makes me think of the Forgotten Secrets from the caches. The secrets have no context, so we have to try to figure out what they mean, and we could be guessing wrong.
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