Part 2 Revenants, 2.1 - 2.3 Summary

Part 2 of The Storm Thief concerns itself with the events that happen in Territory West 190, as Rail, Moa and Vago attempt to cross a war-torn district and come fact to face with the Revenant's and the armies of the Protectorate.

Part 2, Revenants opens in section 2.1, where the narrative suddenly introduces a new character; that of Lysander Bane, the Chief of the Secret Police. Lysander Bane is busy trying to kill Revenants, as he joins an army outfit equipped with aether cannons as they tackle the ghosts. The Revenants, it is revealed, are in fact energy ghosts which are spawned after a probability storm where they immediately seek to possess a human body (who are then called the Taken) whom they use to tear down buildings and attack other humans in the city. Lysander is thinking about all of this...