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Paul Stewart - Chris Riddell
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Clinging on grimly, Rook fought hard to control the \^sStormhornet's steep dive. He leaned back in the stirrups and tried desperately to keep her nose up. But it was no good. The skycraft wasn't responding. The ground - a mosaic of rock stacks and ravines - hurtled up to meet them.
The last thing Rook remembered was making himself relax his muscles in preparation for the crash, just as he'd been taught to do in flight training. He released the carved wooden neck, pulled his feet out of the stirrups, and felt the Stormhornet slip away from beneath him.
For a moment, everything seemed to be sweeping past him in a smudged blur. There was a roaring of air and a flashing of light - then blackness.
Rook opened his eyes. His head was throbbing, there was something heavy pressing down on his chest, and his mouth was full of foul-tasting dust. But he was alive.
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