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This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of '''''[[Lux (book)|Lux]]'''''. We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as providing a quick plot refresher for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to reread the entire book.
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== Prologue ==
The narrator describes the world of the Reckoners, including how Epics came to be and how the Reckoners rose to fight them. They tell us that
== Part 1 ==
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
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;Summary
Jax and Hershel are gambling over a snickers bar in [[Galveston]]. Jax wins, but then cuts the bar in half and splits it with Hershel. Jax claims entry #97 from
=== Chapter 2 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Abigail
*[[
*[[Wade]]
*[[Wingflare]]
}}
;Summary
Jax and Hershel prepare to execute the plan, marveling at the sheer size of the city of Lux. The five
=== Chapter 3 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Dan]]
*[[Lovestruck]]
;Summary
:''Seven years ago''
A young Jax is visiting his older brother Dan
=== Chapter 4 ===
;Characters
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* [[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
* [[Prof]]
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;Summary
Jax wakes up in Prof's car. Prof reveals that instead of going to New York, they are going to the Coop because Prof has decided that Jax is a perfect candidate for Reckoner training. Prof
=== Chapter 5 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Prof]]
*[[Zeff]]
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;Summary
Jax and Prof arrive in Newcastle and meet Zeff. Prof convinces him to take Jax to the Coop despite his young age, saying that a younger recruit could be more loyal, and that kids learn more easily. Prof leaves, and Jax goes with Zeff to the Coop. Zeff explains the rules of the Coop, and when Jax fails to comply, Zeff sentences him to two hours on the post. Jax falls off continuously, which only extends his sentence on the post. Zeff lets Jax off at sunset, then they enter the Coop. Zeff shows Jax to his room, and takes Shiloh, saying that Jax won't get it back until he knows how to use it.
=== Chapter 6 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Zeff]]
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;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Zeff]]
*[[Paige]]
;Characters
{{columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Zeff]]
*[[Paige]]
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Zeff]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[
*[[Prof]]
}}
;Summary
Two years pass, and Zeff has taught Jax and Paige stealth, acrobatics, observation, and firearms. Paige is revealed to be a much better shot than Jax, and her confidence grows as a result of her success. Zeff starts having Jax and Paige train in close quarters combat with older Reckoners. Jax does horribly against the older kids, and Zeff often has him outnumbered or otherwise disadvantaged. He let Jax and Paige fight side by side together, though they sometimes had to fight up to seven enemies at once. Over the course of several nights, Jax and Paige invent what they called a coiler, which reverses the effects of motivators. They test it out on a water magnet motivator, and the water is forced away from the device instead of being drawn towards it. Jax uses this to fix a motivator made from the DNA of an Epic called Slingshot, who had teleportation powers. Before, teleporting an object would cause the object's molecules to disassemble because of the instability. With the coilers however, Jax is able to teleport
Jax and Paige get word that Prof is visiting the Coop, but Zeff says that he is too embarrassed to show them to Prof and locks them in the kitchen. At Paige's suggestion, Jax escapes the kitchen through the ventilation duct and gets one of their motivators. The motivator, Sonic Snare, allows Jax to hear conversations in other areas of the Coop. He overhears Zeff talking about him to Prof. Zeff speaks highly of Jax, praising his determination and skill. Later, Zeff figures out that they had spied on the meeting, but is impressed rather than angry.
=== Chapter 10 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Prof]]
*[[Zeff]]
*[[Abigail
*[[Paige]]
*[[Dean Knighthawk]] (Mentioned only)
}}
;Summary
Jax wakes up to find Prof outside his door, who remarks on how Jax has changed. Zeff reveals that he has known about Jax's work with the motivators, as well as Jax's stealing of supplies for his work. Reckoners gather at the coop, and Prof tells them about Lux. He says that many Epics and groups of Epics have stood against Lux, but all have been defeated, but they don't know why. While everyone else was tasked with going to Arlington with Abigail,
=== Chapter 11 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Dean Knighthawk]]
*[[Zeff]]
*[[
*[[The Wooden Soul]]
*[[Mitosis (Epic)|Mitosis]]
}}
;Summary
Early in the morning, Jax and Zeff leave for El Paso and arrive there a few hours later. The former battlefield is filled with drones and mechanical clean-up crews. They enter a temporary building and meet Knighthawk and his motivator-operated manequin, the Wooden Soul. Also in the room is a man who Knighhawk simply calls “The Californian”, who says he is a California Reckoner. Knighthawk says that they have been doing experiments on the DNA of Mitosis. Knighthawk tells Jax about fathom, a motivator he is working on but is having trouble with. Jax tells Knighthawk about his similar work on Sonic Snare, unwittingly revealing important information about motivators. Knighthawk leaves to go work on the motivator, asking Zeff to come with him. Alone with Jax, The Californian discusses channeling Epic powers through the human body instead of motivators, a highly theoretical process. Again, Jax reveals more important information to him. Afterward, Zeff is furious at Jax, reprimanding him for revealing secrets, and telling him to be more careful. Zeff says that whoever the Californian is, he is not a Reckoner. Zeff reveals that he stole the Mitosis DNA sample from the Californian’s things, and they quickly leave El Paso and start driving to Arlington.
=== Chapter 12 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Zeff]]
*[[Wingflare]]
*[[Abigail
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;Summary
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[
*[[Wingflare]] (Mentioned only)
*[[Abigail
*[[Hershel]]
}}
;Summary
Jax meets up with the surviving Texas Reckoners, led by Abigail. Abigail gently informs Jax that Paige is dead, killed when Wingflare dropped a section of road on her. Abigail tries to contact Prof, but he doesn’t respond. She is unable to contact any other Reckoners, leaving the Texas Reckoners as just four members: Abigail, Jax, Hershel, and
=== Chapter 14 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
}}
They arrive back at the Coop, which seems silent and empty. Jax shows them the different motivators, and displays his skill at throwing his sword. Hershel shows Jax his Bucket book, where he lists things he wants to do before he dies. Jax adds to the list, joining in the game. Jax shows them the disassembled fathom motivator, which can scan areas and create a 3D image of it. Abigail later shows Jax a propaganda flyer, which tells people about the wondrous paradise of Lux. It says which cities Lux will be stopping at, and that it will drop ladders. Supposedly, Lux allows people to climb the ladders up into the city to live there in a paradise. Jax says that he needs a good tech expert to help him map out Lux. Hershel mentions Wade, who is a brilliant but young hacker who has been living in a bunker by himself the past few years. Abigail and Hershel express doubt about his fighting skill, but Jax offers to train Wade in basic combat skills. Wade joins them at The Coop a while later.
Over the next several months, Jax trains Wade, as well as studying Lux, both from afar and with the fathom motivator. They discover that people climbing into the city are not immediately killed after reaching the top, disproving one of their previous theories. Jax tests his reversal coilers on different motivators, wondering what reversing fathom would do. He tests it on a can that he puts on a table, and the can bursts into flames and is consumed. Upon furthur inspection, Jax realizes that the motivator had turned the can into a two dimensional outline on the table, which Jax was unable to wipe away. Jax fires at the 2D can with the reversal coilers off, and the table itself catches fire and burns up, leaving the 3D can in the middle of the ashes, back to its original state. Jax shows it to the others, and they realize they can use fathom to smuggle weapons and equipment into Lux, by hiding them on slips of paper which they decide to call
=== Chapter 15 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
}}
;Summary
Back in the present, after the events in Galveston, Jax sits on the beach with Hershel and watches the city burn in the distance. Abigail calls, telling them that
A few days later Abigail talks to Jax, and says that she forgives him for what he did in Galveston, though she tells him to be more careful. Afterwards, the Reckoners have a meeting and survey Lux using schematics provided by their fathom radar. They figure out that there’s another Epic on Lux controlling the weather. Jax says that he and Wade could build a motivator from Wingflare’s DNA to allow them to take control of the city’s movements. To take control however, they need to hook the motivator up to Lux’s power grid in order to get enough power. Jax shows them how he plans to deal with Lifeforce. Jax shows them how he reversed the powers of Mitosis using coilers, making a unique motivator. Mitosis' power had been the ability to make copies of himself. The coilers make it so that the motivator reduces copies. Jax shows them that using the mitosis motivator on a singular object causes that object to cease to exist.
Abigail lays out a plan for their infiltration of Lux. They will enter Lux the next time it stops at a town to let people in, hiding their gear using
=== Chapter 16 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
}}
;Summary
Over the next several months, the Texas Reckoners prepare for the day of the infiltration. They hide in an apartment building nearby, waiting for Wade to come back. He arrives with multiple pizzas, having hacked into the delivery database of an Epic’s personal pizzeria. As they feast, they all discuss what they would do if they could spend an entire day doing anything with anyone. Hershel says he would want to spend a day at the zoo with his mom. Wade says he would get back a video game he had once lost and play it again. Jax says he would spend the day with his older brother, eating waffles and tinkering with old musket parts.
=== Chapter 17 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Zeff]] (mentioned only)
;Summary
Thousands of hopefuls wait for Lux in the town of Sweetwater, Texas. As the Reckoners wait, they discuss what they think is up there.
=== Chapter 18 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
;Summary
Jax and the rest of the team are two miles above the earth, still climbing the ladders. Up that high, it is freezing and windy. They climb up into a thick cluster of black clouds, obscuring their vision. An hour later, they reach the top, emerging into sunlight. They are greeted by two Ravens, who welcome them to the city, though their voices are distorted by a voice modulator in their helmets. they are ushered into a processing room, where at least a hundred Ravens wait in formation. Ravens come forward and begin searching them, though all their weapons are hidden in
They stand on a hill, gazing down at a real carnival down below, complete with carnival games, cotton candy, and a Ferris wheel.
The Raven follows them inside, closing the door and locking it. Panicking, Jax and the others attack the Raven. The Raven pulls out a gun, leveling it at Abigail's head and yells for them to stop. The Raven takes off the helmet, revealing Paige's face.
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
;Characters
{{columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
;Summary
Paige tells the others about the four Epics in Lux: Lifeforce, Languish, Cloudbreaker, and Wingflare. She says she doesn't know much about Lifeforce, as he is secretive. Jax explains their plan to Paige, as well as summarizing what has happened since Arlington. Paige tells them that the power grid is underground, along with the Raven tunnels. They look at the tunnel blueprints, and find a storage closet thirty-five feet away from the power grid. They realize that they can get into the storage closet, then dig five feet through the rock, using a reversed sonic snare to keep them from being heard. Then, they would be close enough to use the boomerang watches to teleport in an out of the room, and be able to work for thirty seconds at a time. Paige says she can get them into the storage closet through the ventilation system. Abigail assigns
=== Chapter 21 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
}}
;Summary
The team works on different aspects of their plan, then head out when the time comes. They board the Alyssa after crossing the pond in paddle boats. Wade secures an antenna to the outside of the ship, then they all head inside. The team proceeds via a series of air ducts, activating the sound envelope to cover their progress. They break through a locked door using a hand buzzsaw, still unheard by Ravens thanks to the reversed sonic snare, proceeding into a the supply room from which they will teleport. Hershel blows dozens of holes in the wall using explosive charges. Wade hacks the security camera to mask their movements and provide information, and Jax goes in to eliminate the single security guard with
=== Chapter 22 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
;Summary
They hurriedly leave the Raven tunnels, and none of them speak as they work back at base. Jax wants to rescue
Jax wants to duel
== Part 2 ==
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Abigail
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
;Characters
{{Columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
{{Columns|
*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
*[[
*[[Shiversting]] (mentioned only)
*[[
}}
;Summary
Lifeforce enters
=== Chapter 26 ===
;Characters
{{Columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[
*[[Glimmer]] (mentioned only)
}}
;Summary
As Wade works on planning their route, the others discuss what to do with the prisoners in the tubes. They set out through the tunnels under the palace, following Wade’s route. They enter
=== Chapter 27 ===
;Characters
{{Columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Parik]]
}}
;Summary
They arrive at the ladder drop point, and Jax demands that Parik explain Languish’s weakness. He threatens to drop Parik off the edge of Lux, saying that Lifeforce’s healing range can only extend so far. Parik reveals that Languish thinks he can’t dampen Lifeforce, and that this is why Languish has never revolted against him. Parik says that their efforts are futile, and that Languish will never help them. Angry because Parik caused Zeff’s death, Jax drops Parik over the edge. Paige grabs Parik just in time, hauling him back up. Paige says that they aren’t murderers, and shouldn’t kill him. At Hershel’s suggestion, they end up lowering Parik three-quarters of the way down on the ladder, saying that if he’s strong, he can climb back up.
=== Chapter 28 ===
; Characters
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*[[Briggen]] (point of view)
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;Summary
Briggen is in his new fancy house on Lux, but he feels guilty about betraying his friends. He grills a steak - a rarity in the world of Epics - but fails to fully enjoy it due to visions of the past, and of the friends that he betrayed. He repeats the phrase "You made your choice". Ultimately, he vomits up the steak, and realizes that he is worse than Lifeforce: For while Lifeforce is building something good in Lux, Briggen is only looking out for himself.
=== Chapter 29 ===
;Characters
{{Columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
}}
;Summary
The Reckoners find themselves an empty house to hide in, and they shower and change clothes. Jax and Paige talk about the city, and Wade tells them that the Wingflare motivator will be connected soon. Using both equipment from the recovered scorchnotes and components from the electronics in the house, Jax starts making a motivator out of Glimmer’s DNA. He hooks it up to an electric mixer. The whisks move incredibly fast, turning red hot, and it causes the carpet to catch fire. After Jax puts out the fire, Paige comes over to him. She presents him with Shiloah, which she had welded back together. Paige helps him with the Glimmer motivator, but after several failed attempts they decide that Glimmer’s power is too unstable. Wade announces that he’s ready, and can now move the city. He has initial success, but then Languish dampens the motivator and Wingflare takes back control of the city. Jax decides that they need to deal with Languish before they can do anything else.
=== Chapter 30 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
}}
;Summary
The Reckoners decide to kidnap Languish. While Wade works on analyzing Languish’s security detail, Hershel gives Jax Parik’s files on Wingflare, which is largely made up of journal entries from Wingflare’s childhood. He finds out that Wingflare has a disease that makes her bones brittle and breakable, and was very sheltered from anything that could be dangerous to her. Hershel and Jake deduce that her weakness is her brittle bones, and that breaking her bones would enable them to kill her. Using the fathom motivator, they survey Languish’s compound, which is a heavily guarded hotel. After a lot of discussion, Jax decides that the only way to get in is to drive a motorcycle off a ramp in a nearby building and through one of the hotel windows.
=== Chapter 31 ===
;Characters
{{Columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Languish]]
}}
;Summary
Late at night, the Reckoners ride their motorcycles to a three-story Wells Fargo building near Languish’s hotel, and Hershel and Paige plant charges on the other side of the hotel. They set up a ramp facing towards the hotel, and Hershel gives Jax the precise speed he has to drive his motorcycle to make it through the target window. They use the planted explosives to distract the Ravens, and Paige shoots the window repeatedly to weaken it, using the explosions to hide the gunshots. Jax drives off the ramp on his motorcycle, and crashes through the window and lands in the hallway beyond. A Raven comes up the stairs to check on Languish, and after a brief struggle Jax subdues them. After using a grenade to slow down the other Ravens, Jax breaks into Languish’s room and knocks him unconscious. He ties Languish to his back and uses another ramp to get back to the others, Languish in tow. Using a zip line leading down to the street, the Reckoners escape into the night.
=== Chapter 32 ===
;Characters
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*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
*[[Briggen]]
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;Summary
Lifeforce summons Briggen to his throne room, and angrily informs him that Languish has been kidnapped by his fellow Reckoners. Briggen begs and pleads, and Lifeforce regards him with distaste. Lifeforce tells Briggen that he needs his help, then leads Briggen to a room in his laboratory, called the Chrysalis Hollows. The room is filled with small chambers, with frosted glass walls. He gives Briggen a chamber, and ushers him inside. Lifeforce takes a syringe from a case and injects its contents into Briggen’s neck. Lifeforce begins counting the seconds inside his head. After about a minute, Briggen begins to grow panicked, and starts frantically scratching himself. He screams, saying that there is something inside of him, demanding that Lifeforce get it out. He collapses into madness, then dies moments later. Disappointed, Lifeforce jots down the results of the experiment and leaves Briggen’s corpse in the chamber.
=== Chapter 33 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Languish]]
}}
;Summary
Back at their base, Jax takes a sample of Languish’s blood and begins making a motivator. Languish wakes up, staying calm and asking for a glass of water. Hershel tries using intimidation, but to little effect. Languish talks about his luxurious life, and asks why he’d want to help them destroy that life. At Jax’s urging, Languish recounts Lifeforce’s history. He and Lifeforce had been good friends before Calamity, and were also good friends with a girl named Vera. Vera and Lifeforce started dating, and Lifeforce eventually proposed. He couldn’t afford to buy her a diamond ring, so he got her a silver one instead. She was offended and broke up with him, shortly before he became an Epic. Languish says that Vera did not escape Lifeforce’s wrath in one piece. Languish tells them that Lifeforce has been experimenting with Epic DNA, trying to give himself the powers of other Epics.
=== Chapter 34 ===
;Characters
{{Columns|
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Languish]]
*[[Wingflare]]
}}
;Summary
Jax works on the glimmer motivator, about to give up. Paige suggests a modification that will temper its power a bit. Using her modification, Jax hooks the glimmer device up to sonic snare. When he turns it on, it shoots out a supercharged blast of sound waves, pulverizing a large chunk of the ground. Jax decides to name it shock wave. The other Reckoners come to investigate, when suddenly Languish cries out. Cuts start appearing on Languish’s arm, spelling out the words “Traitor”, and “Come back now while there is still forgiveness”.
Languish quickly grabs the new supercharged motivator, and blasts the nearby wall apart. He runs, the other Reckoners temporarily distracted by the blast. Languish starts firing his gun into the air, yelling and shouting that he’s not a traitor. Knowing that Ravens are going to arrive soon, the Reckoners quickly pack up their gear. Jax looks for the vial with Languish’s blood sample, but it had been smashed by the shock wave. Wingflare arrives, and the Reckoners hide, watching from a distance. Wingflare accuses Languish of being a traitor, and lifts Languish into the air and starts stretching his arms and legs with her powers. Languish dampens her powers, and Wingflare falls. Lux shudders, Wingflare’s grip weakened. Languish negates Wingflare’s powers completely, and Lux begins to descend.
=== Chapter 35 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Languish]]
*[[Wingflare]]
}}
;Summary
Jax rushes out into the open and tries to convince Languish to stop dampening Wingflare, as soon Lux is going to fall completely. Languish refuses, saying that he won’t be a slave anymore. Jax punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Wingflare gets her powers back as Languish drops. She flies away, powers restored, and Lux stops falling. Jax tells the others that he’s going after Wingflare, and tells Wade to re-establish the connection to the Wingflare motivator. Jax shows them the shockwave motivator, and says that breaking Wingflare’s bones with it should engage her weakness and allow him to kill her. They arrive at the edge of Lux, where Wingflare’s compound is. It consists of about a dozen state capitol buildings, which float a long ways out from the edge of Lux. In addition to the capitol buildings is the White House, where Wingflare lives. Trails of floating stones create bridges leading to each of the buildings, and since they are still miles above the earth, a fall means instant death. Jax and Paige decide to go forward despite the danger.
=== Chapter 36 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Paige]]
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;Summary
Jax follows Paige across the floating stone bridges, and the stones get gradually smaller as they go. Paige has been across each bridge twice before, and she guides Jax along. The stones even harder, and they begin slanting, so they have to jump from stone to stone without pausing. They get across the final stretch of stones, and Jax’s time on the post back at the Coop turns out to be useful. Finally across, they enter the Arkansas Capitol building.
=== Chapter 37 ===
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;Summary
Jax and Paige study the White House, which has no steps leading to it. They use curtains and sheets to create a rope, planning to use it to swing out, then use a grappling hook to get to the White House. As they prepare, the building shakes, and turns. They rush outside, and a straight path leads to the White House, providing an easy way across. Though Wingflare knows their location, they head forward since they have no other choice. Shockwave at the ready, Jax and Paige step inside to face Wingflare.
=== Chapter 38 ===
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;Summary
Inside, the White House has been completely redecorated, many things splattered with red paint. Wingflare appears, and Jax tries to shot the shockwave at her, but she uses her powers to pin his arms in place. Paige tries to attack her, but to no avail. Wingflare toys with them, disappearing from sight and keeping them in suspense. She separate the two of them, and Jax frantically tries to find Paige. Wingflare rearranges the rooms as Jax goes through them, keeping him in an endless loop. Wingflare appears, surrounding Jax with hundreds of floating knives.
Wingflare leads him to the old Oval Office, where three platters sit on the table, each one with a cover. Paige is there, and Wingflare announces that they are going to play a game. Wingflare tells them that she is deathly allergic to pine nuts, and that it’s her weakness. Wingflare tells Jax that each plate contains a piece of licorice. One piece is ordinary licorice, one is laced with pine sap, and one is laced with a lethal poison. She says that each of them must eat one of the pieces of licorice, and that Jax can choose who gets which.
Jax says she’s lying about her weakness, saying that it’s actually broken bones. Wingflare is initially shocked, and her grip on Jax loosens, allowing him to free his arms and fire the shockwave through her. It breaks her bones, but she heals, her powers still working. She takes back control of Jax, then demands that he picks a platter. She reveals that she has found the Wingflare motivator, and she destroys it. Jax realizes that Wingflare is hiding something, and figures out her weakness, which is people not playing games with her. Jax doesn’t pick a platter, refusing to play her game. Wingflare becomes enraged, and her weakness activates. Jax shoots Wingflare in the head, and Wingflare is unable to stop the bullet.
=== Chapter 39 ===
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Paige and Jax try to save Wingflare from death,
== Part 3 ==
;Characters
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*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
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;Summary
Lifeforce
=== Chapter 41 ===
;Characters
{{columns|
*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
}}
;Summary
Lifeforce enters his lab, and discovers that the Reckoners have kidnapped Parik. The city shakes again, and Lifeforce opens Wingflare’s drawer. For two hours, Lifeforce experiments with the DNA, desperately working. Lux starts to fall in earnest. Lifeforce grabs three syringes with Wingflare’s modified DNA, then injects all three into himself. The injections work, and Lifeforce uses Wingflare’s power, grabbing hold of Lux as it falls.
=== Chapter 42 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] (point of view)
*[[Paige]]
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;Summary
Jax and Paige run from the White House as it falls, and break out through a window. Jax uses a coiler from Paige’s pocket and applies it to the glimmer motivator. He rewires the boomerang watch, boosting its power to transport two people. Jax uses the reversed glimmer motivator to make himself and Paige fall incredibly slowly. The motivator soon overheats, and Jax is forced to turn it off as Lux draws level with them, still a long distance away. Jax uses the shockwave gun to fire backwards, launching them towards Lux. They are still too far away, but Jax uses the boomerang watch to teleport them the remaining distance to Lux, and they haul themselves up, back in the city at last.
=== Chapter 43 ===
;Characters
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*[[Hershel]] (point of view)
*[[Wade]]
*[[Paige]]
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;Summary
Hershel and Wade feel the effects of Lux beginning to fall. Hershel contemplates his rapidly approaching death and greets it calmly, thinking that at least many Epics will die. Hershel begins to tell the story of how he lost his leg, but then
=== Chapter 44 ===
;Characters
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*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
*[[Lovestruck|Vera]]
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;Summary
Lifeforce visits
=== Chapter 45 ===
;Characters
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*[[Languish]] (point of view)
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]]
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;Summary
Languish is in his lakeside house, preparing to flee the city. He no longer trusts any of the people or groups
=== Chapter 46 ===
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;Summary
The
=== Chapter 47 ===
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Steelheart_(Epic)|Specialist Jackson]]
*[[
*[[O'Brien]]
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;Summary
:''Thirteen years ago''
Hershel talks about his time in the special forces. He receives last-minute orders to go to Siberia shortly after returning from Egypt. He travels to Russia by plane, thinking about the thrill of combat; being shot at, and surviving by the skin of his teeth. Hershel and his team drop
=== Chapter 48 ===
;Characters
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*[[Languish]]
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Wade]]
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;Summary
Hershel finishes his story, saying that he was found and rescued by a helicopter soon after passing out. Languish gives Hershel the candy bar, who gives it to Jax. Jax and Hershel use a syringe to collect some of Languish’s blood. They plan how they are going to kill Lifeforce. Jax plans to use the Lanugish DNA to make a motivator that will use fumes to diminish Lifeforce’s abilities slowly, weakening him and causing Lux to slowly float down to earth.
=== Chapter 49 ===
;Characters
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*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
*[[Cloudbreaker]]
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;Summary
Lifeforce studies his destroyed painting for hours, deep in thought. A Raven approached, delivering Cloudbreaker’s request for a meeting and annoying Lifeforce greatly. Lifeforce meets with Cloudbreaker in a bunker, and Cloudbreaker expresses contempt for Languish and Wingflare, and challenges Lifeforce’s authority. Lifeforce warns her, telling her to mind her place. Cloudbreaker announces that she has summoned the frost, a cataclysmic ice storm. Lifeforce tells her to recall the frost. She refuses, and he withdraws his healing, allowing an old wound to kill her.
=== Chapter 50 ===
;Characters
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*[[Languish]]
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Wade]]
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;Summary
The Reckoners hurry outside as icy clouds begin to descend over Lux, blanketing the city. Languish tells them that Cloudbreaker has summoned a frost, and that everything will die within mere hours. Languish tells them that they have to leave the city, but the Reckoners are determined to stay. Languish wants to leave, but Jax doesn’t want him as a hindrance and lets him go. After he leaves, Jax reveals that he has hidden a tracking device in Languish’s supplies so they can track him. They decide that they need to get to Cloudbreaker’s mansion immediately.
=== Chapter 51 ===
;Characters
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*[[Lifeforce]] (point of view)
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;Summary
Lifeforce runs into his lab, hurriedly grabbing Cloudbreaker’s DNA samples and quickly preparing the same procedure he used with Wingflare’s powers. He injects the DNA into himself, and considers the combined blood of thousands of people that flow through his veins. He has initial success, but when he tries to draw upon the power, but Lux begins to slip from his grasp. The demon inside of him breaks free, using Cloudbreaker’s powers to accelerate the frost. Lifeforce realizes that it is impossible for him to control both Wingflare and Cloudbreaker’s powers at once.
=== Chapter 52 ===
;Characters
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*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]]
*[[Paige]]
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;Summary
The Reckoners use their motorcycles to try and get to Cloudbreaker’s mansion as the frost envelops the city. The frost envelops them, completely obscuring their vision and causing extreme cold. Using Paige’s thermal scope, they discover Cloudbreaker’s corpse hanging from a flagpole outside her mansion. A sign is around her neck, with the word “traitor” written on it. They rush through the city, and they can hear the shouting of Lux’s citizens. Completely lost, Jax has Hershel send up a flare, and Paige spots it using her thermal scope.
=== Chapter 53 ===
;Characters
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*[[Languish]]
*[[Hershel]]
*[[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]]
*[[Paige]]
*[[Wade]]
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;Summary
Jax and Paige arrive back at their house, joining Hershel and Wade again, where all the equipment from the scorchnotes is laid out. Hershel hands Jax a large scorchnotes that he calls “Martha”. Paige asks what Martha is, and Jax shows her. Wade says that he’ll need to wire a relay to a terminal to be able to hack the palace security systems. Wade analyzes the Raven patrols, and sees that they are coming towards their house, drawn by the flare. Hershel says that Martha will take half an hour to burn, and the Reckoners prepare to fight to buy time. They use explosives to blow up the road, slowing the Ravens so that they don’t have to kill as many people in the tubes. The Ravens continue advancing anyway, and the Reckoners are forced to kill Ravens anyway, despite the deaths of the people in the tubes. Jax sees that the Ravens aren’t healing, and that their deaths are permanent.
Languish appears, saying he’d take his chances with them. More Ravens swarm towards them, and the two groups exchange heavy fire. The attacking Ravens realize that their healing no longer works, and about half of them flee. Amidst the heavy fire, Wade hands Jax and Paige a relay mechanism that they have to attach to a tower. They run through the fire of the Ravens, using the boomerang watches to get to the tower and attach the relay mechanism. Martha, revealed to be the tank from the Coop, rolls out of the house’s wreckage. Jax and Paige hurry inside the tank, which protects them from Raven fire as they drive toward Lifeforce’s palace.
=== Chapter 54 ===
;Characters
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;Summary
The gang, riding Martha, approach Lifeforce's palace as the cold gets worse. Languish offers his help in exchange for the promise that the gang help him rescue
=== Chapter 55 ===
*[[Paige]]
*[[Languish]]
*[[Lovestruck|
*[[Lifeforce]]
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;Summary
Jax, Paige and Languish enter the undefended entrance in search of
=== Chapter 56 ===
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;Summary
Lux
== Epilogue ==
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;Summary
Paige wakes up
== Notes ==
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