Keffria wakes up to some quakes in Trehaug. Malta is missing and Jani can't comfort Keffria before everyone is needed to help excavate the trapped workers. Reyn beelines for the Crowned Rooster Chamber and encounters Selden. They're trapped and Reyn is hopeless, thinking Malta is dead. He tries to free Tintaglia. Malta, in the meantime, is leading Cosgo and Kekki through the city. She resists getting drowned in memories and eventually escapes but is stranded in the middle of the Rain Wild River. We're reading Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, book 2 of the Liveship Traders in The Realm of the Elderlings.

Drawn forward into the Elderling city, Malta sees memories and is led to the Rooster Chamber where she meets Tintaglia. Jani is concerned for her son Reyn as he is drunkenly shouting about Malta being in danger. Malta makes a deal with a dragon, starts to free her, but has to run from a quake. We're reading Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, book 2 of the Liveship Traders in The Realm of the Elderlings.

Malta has been on bed rest for a while, recovering from the attack on Davad Restart's carriage. Reyn stops by and they make strides in their relationship. Meanwhile, amidst the Rain Wild Trader Council, Keffria Vestrit offers herself for a daring plan. We're reading Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, book 2 of the Liveship Traders in The Realm of the Elderlings.