Chapters 45-48 Summary

In Chapter Forty-Five, the prisoners hid in safety as the Rukma vimana and smaller vimana crashed into the cave; only Scathach remained in the cave mouth to watch the anpu attempting to maneuver one of the smaller vessels. As the Rukma vimana crashed into the walls near Scathach, she leapt up and caught hold of it. As she was about to lose her grip, Joan called to her to let go and land on top of the one she was on. As the women were about to be thrown off as the vessel crashed into the Rukma, Palamedes grabbed them both and set them down on the wing of the Rukma vimana he was on. The war ship had come to save them, steered by the Prometheus of this day. Abraham's voice is heard on the vimana's communication system calling for...