
While Elliott, Drake and Jiggs are inside St. Paul's Cathedral, as she somehow knows that by doing this she might put an end to the threat of the Armagi, who seem to be moving towards the rest of the world to conquer it. Elliott is saved, but Will is caught by the Styx. A tank driven by Drake and Jiggs suddenly appears. When she and Will want to get out of the museum, they find themselves surrounded by Armagi. She proves to be right and she finds a sceptre emanating a blue glow. Now that they are finally Topsoil, Will and Elliott go to the British Museum because Elliott feels that she might find something very important there. He manages to save his life, taking prisoners Rebecca Two and her crush (Franz, the New Germanian driver). He then runs away from the others with Martha.ĭanforth is infiltrated within the Styx, but he soon finds out that, after he is no longer needed, he is sentenced to death by the Styx.

Still grieving over the deaths of his parents during Professor Danforth's betrayal in the previous book, he discovers that Parry is still allied with Danforth and the death of his parents was being part of a plan. Meanwhile, Chester is Topsoil with Stephanie, Old Wilkie, and Parry. Elliott senses that there is something missing from the tower, then she and Will find out that at the top of the tower there is a portal to Topsoil, and so they teleport themselves to London.

The Pyramid vanishes into thin air and an enormous tower appears out of nowhere in the jungle. Burrows and Will found on their first exploration of the Pyramid). After they get into the Pyramid, something unexpected happens as Elliott touches a trident sign (like the ones that Dr. Also, they find out that the Bushmen are part Styx (because they speak the Styx language at a much higher pitch). They meet three New Germanians who have survived the virus released in the inner world and, along with them and a Bushman called Woody, they go to explore one of the Pyramids from the jungle. At the same time, Elliott and Will are trapped in the inner world, in the destroyed city of New Germania. Jiggs rescues Drake and carries him to the Topsoil.

He also finds the burnt body of Rebecca One lying near Drake. The book begins with Jiggs in the inner world discovering that Drake is still alive, but has been affected by the nuclear radiation from the explosion at the end of Spiral. ( May 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
