The Council does not take kindly to this discovery but an inevitable death sentence is commuted if she is participates in the duelum that has been announced. A document she came to own after the disappearance of her colleague and mentor, Quentin Hermis. Soon Vega Jane finds herself in trouble with the Council, once it is discovered that she has in her possession a map of the Quag, with a detailed description of the creatures it contains. Vega Jane is inquisitive, energetic, independent and tough.
In a sense everyone from Wormwood is instructed to help in the construction. Then her brother gets whisked away by Morigonne given his exceptional brains, he is chosen to help the Council in building a wall ( The Wall) to keep Outliers from the Quag. Vega Jane, fending for herself, while her parents have been transfered to Care. That is the law of time and it cannot be circumvented.”) and the Hall of Truth, a library, where a book once opened comes to life. There are fantastic elements in it like the beasts, playing with the notion of time, ( “neither can you intervene in any way in the events that you witness, no matter what happens. Delph’s father, Dus Delphia is a beast trainer. She has a good friend, Daniel Delphia or “Delph”, who is a couple of seasons older to her, later he trains her for the duelum too. She seems to be the only girl in employment at Stacks. Vega Jane works as a “finisher” at the Stacks, putting finishing touches to pretty little objects for people to use while her brother goes to Learning. ) Otherwise there are men, with a strict pecking order. ( No one is referred to as men or women, but as male and female. There is the Council with a capital “C’, which fortunately has one “female” member - Morrigone. Wormwood was founded by Alvis Alcumus, five hundred sessions ago. At times I get the feeling that these novels would not work if it were not for the inherent social system, akin to our caste system. As with all fantasy novels this too has a strong social structure.
Her grandfather, former member of the Council, had an Event too.
She had grandparents but they too have passed on. She had a family but her parents are in Care, only to disappear in a swirl of fire, called an Event. She has a younger brother called John Jane living in Wormwood. The story is revolves around a fourteen-seasons-old girl called Vega Jane.
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