Resumen:Solar
This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of Sunreach. We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as providing a quick plot refresher for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to reread the entire book.
Chapter 1
- Characters
- Freyja Marten
- Kimmalyn
- Sadie
- T-Stall
- Catnip
- Lizard
- Nose
- Sushi
- Spensa Nightshade (mentioned only)
- Jorgen Weight (mentioned only)
- Nedd Strong (mentioned only)
- Arturo Mendez (mentioned only)
- Admiral Cobb (mentioned only)
- Plot Summary
FM and Nightmare Flight are called up into combat to defend against a massive Krell attack, Kimmayln telling her that Spensa is up there somewehre. As they fly into space, they find a huge number of enemy fighters, including fifty piloted ships. FM and the rest of Nightmare flight fly out to meet the Krell, engaging multiple ships at once. In the middle of the flight, Nose calls over the intercom and relays an order from Admiral Cobb to turn off all communications immediately and to engage in evasive maneuvers. FM does so nervously, leaving her in absolute and eerie silence.
Chapter 2
- Characters
- Freyja Marten
- Sadie
- Lizard
- Nose
- Kimmalyn
- Nedd Strong (mentioned only)
- Spensa Nightshade (mentioned only)
- Plot Summary
FM flies in silence, staying close to Sadie so that they don’t loose sight of eachother. FM takes out a handheld transmitter, where she stores some of the music her father gave to her. She turns on a song as she fights, one that is peppy to keep her mood up. Lizard is swarmed by Krell, and FM and Sadie try to help. They are unsuccesful, and Lizard is killed.
A delver arrives, and FM tries to comprehend what it is. After a few moments, the delver dissapears, and the enemy ships retreat. FM turns her radio back on, and Nose tells her what the thing was. Sorrowful because of Lizard’s death, FM returns back to Detritus.
Chapter 3
- Characters
- Freyja Marten
- Gill
- Rodge McCaffery
- Jorgen Weight
- Nedd Strong
- Arturo Mendez
- Matthew Cobb
- Hurl (mentioned only)
- Spensa Nightshade (mentioned only)
- Doomslug (mentioned only)
- Plot Summary
FM wanders the hallways of Platform Prime, thinking about Lizard and other pilots who have died. She comes across a slug who she initially mistakes for Doomslug, but then she realizes that it looks different. Jorgen runs up to her, telling her to follow him. He leads her to a room where Nedd and Arturo are waiting, and where there are many more slugs waiting in crates. He explains that he is a cytonic, and followed the cytonic singing of the slugs and found them in a cavern.
Admiral Cobb arrives, and relays information from Spensa, saying that the slugs are hyperdrives. He assigns Jorgen and Rig the task of experimenting on them and figuring out how to use them, and FM volunteers to join in their efforts. After Cobb leaves, they discuss how the slugs are escaping from their crates, and FM theorizes that the slugs are hyperjumping. FM asks what she should do to help, and Jorgen assigns her the task of finding and bringing back the taynix that escape from their crates.
Chapter 4
- Characters
- Freyja Marten
- Jorgen Weight
- Rodge McCaffery
- Gill
- Happy
- Chubs
- Fine
- Boomslug
- Kimmalyn
- Spensa Nightshade (mentioned only)
- Jeshua Weight (mentioned only)
- M-Bot (mentioned only)
- Plot Summary
Over the next few hours, several more taynix escape from their boxes, and FM spends most of her time retrieving them. Though there are three varieties of the taynix, FM noticies that only the yellow and blue ones are hyperjumping. They feed the slugs with mushrooms, and FM finds two very fat taynix in one of the crates. FM and Jorgen discuss the delver attack, as well as his cytonic powers. Rig presents them with a metal box indentical to the one that M-Bot had, and they try to use the slugs to teleport.
FM suggests that Jorgen speak to the slugs and bond with them, but he isn’t interested in the prospect. He tries humming to one of the purple and orange taynix, but nothing happens. He picks up one of the red and black ones, but squeezes it to hard and raises his voice. A force explodes outward from the slug, inflicting dozens of shallow cuts across Jorgen’s face and arms. Kimmalyn names the slug Boomslug, and Jorgen leaves to go to the infirmary.