Chapter 3 Summary

Ramoth hears from a green dragon at Lemos Hold that Threads are falling and uses her full-throated brassy bugle call to scramble dragons, riders and pick up Lessa. She joins the others. The Thread is ahead of schedule and misplaced, but F'lar cares only about having enough riders aloft to form a low-altitude wing. Screaming, flaming dragons skim Lord Asgenar's hardwood forest to get their bearings then soar aloft to meet the descending sheet of Thread. A dragon screams and disappears between, where cold shatters and breaks the Threads before they can eat into his flesh. Mnementh watches for signs of Thread burrowing and repeatedly plunges at thick patches, braking at the last moment and belching destructive fire. F'lar feeds him blocks of firestone on the fly. High above, they watch patterns and casualties going between and then returning. As the Thread stops...