Chapters 11 & 12

The story is finally picking up. Chapter 11 starts with Petra taking her pony into the woods, which was detailed earlier in the book to be a bad idea. She sends a distress call of sorts as she did in chapter 9, sending David rushing towards her. When he finds where she is he finds her pony in a glade, throat torn open, with the aggressor enjoying a lovely lunch. Mmmm. This is the first time in the book that we get a decent look of how mutated these creatures in the world are. David describes an animal with reddish-brown fur with darker brown and yellow spots, a round face, large paws, wide and drooping ears, a furry tail and feet, as well as large incisors. My guess is that this would be a bear or lion of sorts, but who the heck knows? It's been over a millennium. Anyway, the creature prepares to strike at David but is shot dead by Micheal with an arrow to the knee. Rosalind then arrives, too. They find Petra up in a tree and Micheal decides to leave. Katherine and Sally then arrive, but before they can be told to head back, a man shows who is very suspicious. They try to explain but he remains suspicious. Uncle Axel then tells David that someone has been asking questions, a man who is known for working indirectly for the inspector. Uncle Axel also reveals that he was the one who shot Alan, but no one reading cares because he was a baddie. David reports this to the others and Micheal suggests getting ready to run if necessary. David prepares a bow and a few arrows as well as some food, just in case.

In chapter 12, it really starts sucking to be them. David is awoken early in the morning by Petra only to hear through the others that Katherine and Sally have been taken captive. He gets Petra out of the house and takes a horse from the stable. They get slip out just as a patrol arrives. They meet up with Rosalind, who has both the great Horses ready to go. David asks how and she says that her mother helped her. She says that her mother always knew something was up. At least she was a goodie. Or was she? Tracking device, anyone? Anyway, the get out and travel the rest of the night and set up shop in a glade for the day. Rosalind ends up killing a man. You know, the usual. They get moving again and then later hear that a party found the body and a re on their trail. They continue for a while until they turn a corner and see a mounted figure approaching. So in conclusion, Great Horses are sick and I want one. I want it NOW!

Now, the biggest development. Petra hears another telepath. Through conversation they find out that she is from a place called Zealand in the south west. We also find out that the people of Labrador don't know what the letter "z" is. This makes sense because, honestly, it's not all that useful so who the heck would try and remember it. Anyway, Zealand. The person shows them a picture and David recognizes it as the city from his dreams. This I find disappointing because it is no longer about an ancient, coolio city but instead more junk about telepathy. This also makes sense because who is going to waste a nuke on that pathetic place?