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The Pilgrims of Rayne
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The Pendragon Adventure: Book 8

The Pilgrims of Rayne (2007) (edit title/settings)

by D. J. MacHale (Author) (edit contributors)

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When Bobby Pendragon first arrives on the tropical world of Ibara, he finds paradise. As he works to uncover clues about the turning point this seemingly idyllic territory will soon face, all he can determine is that the people of Ibara are blissfully happy. It's not long before Bobby... read more

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Bobby and Courtney arrive on Third Earth only to find that it has changed quite noticeably. Patrick, the local Traveler, arrives and takes them to the library to find out about their friend Mark, whom they believe is on First Earth. Startlingly, information... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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Bobby and Courtney arrive on Third Earth only to find that it has changed quite noticeably. Patrick, the local Traveler, arrives and takes them to the library to find out about their friend Mark, whom they believe is on First Earth. Startlingly, information pertaining to Mark originates from both First Earth and Second Earth. Both sources tell of him disappearing. In the flume, on First Earth November 1, 1937, Courtney and Bobby run into a dado (a type of android) in ragged clothing. Bobby tells Courtney to escape while he fights it off. Soon the dado backs into the tunnel and into an oncoming train. The dado is torn in half. Bobby takes the pieces to the flume and sends it back to Quillan. Then Bobby goes to First Earth to find Mark. He decides that Ibara needs his helps so he goes there leaving Courtney in First Earth to find Mark.

Bobby is in Ibara, the next territory he must save from Saint Dane's plans. Though the people there live simply, by growing or fishing for their food and living in grass huts, there are signs of advanced civilization, including artificial lights and other technological advances. No one, whether out of ignorance or desire to conceal, can explain these anachronisms.

Bobby meets the Jakills, a group of teens outside of the main social group, who are determined to discover the truth of Ibara's unusual character. Leading them is Siry, Remudi's son. Bobby agrees to join the Jakills after proving his skills against a group of Flighters (humanoids that attack Ibara relentlessly). Together the Jakills and Bobby steal a ship and set off to find the truth. They eventually land in a city known as Rubity, a city far away from Rayne.

Bobby, Siry, and a few of the Jakills explore Rubity. After a while, Bobby discovers that Ibara is a manifest future version of Veelox/an island on the territory Veelox and that Rubity is Rubic City, 300 years after Bobby failed to stop Saint Dane from causing chaos there.

The Flighters attack them as they find this out, however, and only Bobby and Siry make it back to the ship, which they find is burning. They believe that most of the Jakills are killed, apparently leaving only Bobby and Siry alive. They escape from the enraged Flighters, only to meet Saint Dane in the now abandoned Lifelight pyramid.

Aja Killian's journal is interrupted by Saint Dane. Bobby then finds out that the Jakills' name comes from Aja Killian <aJAKILLian> and that Flighters where the people who didn't leave Lifelight <liFeLIGHTERS>.

Saint Dane reveals that he is bringing an army of tens of thousands of dados to Ibara to make Veelox's second turning point a disaster. Bobby and Siry barely escape on Skimmers, which are high speed boats from Cloral, brought by Saint Dane.

The two of them get back to Ibara and tell the ruling Tribunal what has happened. The Tribunal then reveals that the ship that the Jakills stole was one of ten ships that they were going to use to repopulate Veelox. After sending them out early, the ships are destroyed by Flighters, and the threat of the impeding army looms on the horizon.

Bobby and Siry travel to Veelox to obtain maps of Ibara from Aja Killian. They then go to Zadaa to borrow a dygo, then to Denduron in order to unearth the explosive tak. When they leave, the Traveler Alder goes with them. Bobby then goes to Quillan alone in order to get the black dado-killing rods for extra protection.

After a gigantic battle with archers firing tak at the dados, it appears that the battle is won. When a second wave of dados arrive, Bobby throws almost all the tak they have left in an underground tunnel and lures the army over it. As he is about to detonate the tak, Saint Dane catches up with Bobby and has a fight with him, in which he reveals that there is a "King of the territories", and that he wants to be it. When Bobby asks who the king is now, Saint Dane merely says, "And now you see the truth..."

Siry arrives in time to prevent Bobby from being killed, and Bobby blows up the tak bomb. The dado army is destroyed but as they begin to celebrate, Bobby decides that the time has come to go after Saint Dane.

Bobby goes with Siry and Alder to take the various things they had taken from the other territories back to their places of origin. After they leave, Bobby destroys the flume with a tak arrow, trapping both himself and Saint Dane on Ibara. Bobby hopes that this means Halla is safe.

In the final chapter, however, Saint Dane and his accomplice Nevva Winter speak on top of the Lifelight pyramid. By unearthing the tak, Bobby has doomed Denduron. Just as Saint Dane had said long ago, Denduron would be the first territory to fall. It is revealed that Saint Dane has more power in realizing the future of Halla than thought, and that Telleo is actually Nevva Winter in disguise.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Bobby Pendragon: The Traveler of Second Earth and also holds the title of the Lead Traveler. He himself thinks he is not worthy of the title and doesn't fully understand the true nature of Travelers. After 7 adventures, he grew up having experienced so many different visions on different territories. He is now a travelers who are strong enough to work alone with confidence.He is a funny with a good physique. Bobby also learnt from Loor and Alder how to fight and is now able to fight on his own, not depending on other characters.
  • Mark Dimond: Bobby Pendragon's ex-acolyte and his best friend. In the 7th book, after the death of his parents, he went to the First Earth to introduces his new "Forge" technology. He is illustrated as a shy, short guy who is careful and also really smart.
  • Courtney Chetwynde: Bobby Pendragon's acolyte and his ex-girlfriend/best friend. She is a tall, brave girl who loves adventure and is willing to help Bobby in anyways possible. Although she was manipulated by Saint Dane which resulted in her broken self, both physically and mentally, Courtney regained her courage and strength to go to First Earth to stop Mark.
  • Saint Dane: The ultimate enemy of all Travelers (Althuogh being a Traveler himself). He is the sole survivor of the first generation Travelers (having killed off most of the first generation travelers himself). He developed his traveler's skill to an extent that he can change his shapes into any person he wishes (as well as smoke and a bird), he has the ability to trick people's mind and also, he is the sole holder of the all secrets of travelers yet living. He is thought to be immortal.
  • Siry: Traveler of Ibara. Son of one of the Tribunal(also a traveler). He knows the secrets that tribunals are keeping from it's villagers and he thrives for adventure and find out the truth about Ibara. He is the founder of JaKill, a group of young people who swore to see the wider world and make choices of themselves.
  • Vo Spader: The traveler from Cloral, the territory of water. He is an athletic person with lots of courage yet sometimes, emotion rules over him and clouds his judgments. He is currently trapped in Eelong because of the result of destroyed flume.
  • Gunny: The traveler from 1st earth
  • Dodger: Gunny's Acolyte
  • Nevva Winter: Saint Dane's Apprentice. Used to be the Traveler of Quillan
  • Patrick: Traveler from Third Earth.
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  • Andy Mitchell: One of Saint Dane's many identities.
  • Mary
  • Rayne: City on the island of Ibara.
  • Genj
  • Rubity: Rubic City
  • Mike
  • Righter
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  • “This battle isn’t our entire future,” I finally said. “This isn’t the end. It’s only a moment in time. No matter what happens, there will always be a future. It’s up to us to make it a better one. I believe we can do that. Never, ever give up hope, because that’s exactly what they want. No matter how this battle turns out, if we continue to believe there is hope for a better future, we will have won.”
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  • Great. We had to prepare as if dawn would bring the dados. Dawn of the Dados. Sounds like a bad horror movie. Maybe it was.
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  • By Earth years, Lifelight won’t be invented for another five centuries after Third Earth. The dados on Quillan were built a century after that and brought to the ruins of Rubic City two hundred years later.
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  • Farming. I’m supposed to grow food to feed the people who make the clothes that are worn by the people who catch the fish that are eaten by the people who build the huts for the people who pick up the trash of the people who repair the lights for the people who bring the water to the people who teach other people how to do all the boring jobs in the first place.
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  • defeat is the most devastating when it comes at the moment of victory.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Halla, is all that has ever existed, all places, all times. It was meant to survive and endure until the devil Traveler named Saint Dane started his evil and twisted plan to destroy Halla in order to build a new Halla from the ashes. It is a traveler's job to stop him and lead the territories through it's turning points and manage to save that territory from complete doom.
  • Ibara: The Tropical world and the 10th Territory of Halla. THe village of Rayne is situated in this territory surrounded by dense forests. It's main means of surviving are through fishery
  • Second Earth: Earth at the 21st century.This territory is Bobby Pendragon, Courtney Chetwynde and Mark Dimond's home territory. IT is thought to be not targeted by Saint Dane(until the truth showed up when Andy Michell is learnt to be Saint Dane.
  • Veelox: A first territory that the travelers lost over Saint Dane. It's main and distinctive feature is the Life Light where people can live in their virtual worlds. It's traveler is Aja Killian
  • Rubic City
  • Tel
  • Quillan: A territory
  • Manhattan
  • Eelong: A territory
  • Denduron: A territory
  • England
  • New York
  • Jakills
  • Milago
  • London
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Travelers: The fighters for Halla. They travel around different territories in order to guide a terrtory through it's "turning point" (Event that can define the territories's future). Known members are: Bobby Pendragon, Alder, Loor, Spader, Gunny, Aja, Kasha, Patrick, Neeva, Siri, Press, Osa, Spader's father, Siri's father, Kasha's father and finally, Saint Dane.
  • Jakills: A group of young people led by Siry, the traveler of Ibara in a sacred mission of unravel the truth of the world they're living in.

First Sentence edit see section history

The future isn't what it used to be.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Journal 28 - First Earth
First Earth
Journal 29 - Ibara
First Earth
Journal 30 - Ibara
First Earth
Journal 31 - Ibara
First Earth
Journal 32 - Ibara
First Earth
Veelox

Glossary edit see section history

  • Tak: a dynamite substance

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Choices: This book's biggest theme is the "turning point" of each territory in which peole of that territory must choose between changes: Good or bad.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 8 of 11 in The Pendragon Adventure. (standard series)

Preceded by The Quillan Games, and followed by Raven Rise.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. D. J. MacHale (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Aladdin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1416914161
Page Count: 560

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.M177535 Pil 2007
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

This is a book for Teens and Yound Adults (13->19) and is highly recommended :)

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The Soldiers of Halla
  • Raven Rise
  • The Quillan Games
  • The Rivers of Zadaa
  • The Merchant of Death
  • The Lost City of Faar
  • The Reality Bug
  • The Never War
  • Black Water
  • The Soldiers of Halla
  • The Merchant of Death
  • Pendragon
  • The Rivers of Zadaa

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Book One of the Travelers
  • Book Two of the Travelers
  • Book Three of the Travelers
  • The Guide to the Territories of Halla
  • Pendragon 1-5 Boxed Set: The Merchant of Death, The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, The Reality Bug, Black Water

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