The Pilgrims of Rayne

Title: The Pilgrims of Rayne
Author: D. J. MacHale
Series: Pendragon (Book 8)
Genre: Young Adult



The Pilgrims of Rayne has a lot of bouncing around. While reading it we visit just about each of the 10 territories. The only ones Bobby doesn't visit - Cloral (and Eelong, the flume has collapsed) is prevalent through Saint Dane.

Bobby leaves Courtney with Dodger on First Earth in hopes that she can find Mark and stop him from doing whatever it is that he's doing there. She has her own full fledged adventure while Bobby has one on Ibara.

Ibara is a territory without a current Traveler. The previous Traveler was killed on Quillan and never got the chance to pass on his duty. Bobby does so for him, when he finds the previous Traveler's son, Siry. Siry is head of a group of rebellious "kids." They want to know what the Tribunal is hiding from them. They want to know about the world. Unfortunately, they learn about it in a nasty way.

There is a huge battle for Halla that is being prepared for for most of the book. There are surprises that I forgot about (and some that I didn't). Even though I've read this book before, I still wasn't able to predict what was going to happen. I love when books are still fresh when you read them after the first time.

At the end of the Pilgrims of Rayne, the Convergence has begun. Knowing this and remembering all that went down in this book really makes me excited for getting to the tenth book in the series. Only one more to go before that!