He and the soldiers who are with him assist a trapped band of archers against the wolves, but they are soon all trapped and many of them slain by the wolves. Eventually, he reaches Captain Frye and gives chase to a group of wolves within the forest. Determined to prove himself this time, Jo takes up his bow and climbs out of bed to assist his fellow soldiers fighting the wolves within and without the Mountain.
Then suddenly, wolves attack the infirmary. Although Nate Flynn attempts to cheer him up, it does him no good, for he has disappointed himself and most probably everyone else. While upon his bed, his thoughts turn to the events of the previous night, in which he once again had failed to hit the mark when it mattered the most. He is carried to the infirmary deep within Cloud Mountain, where he awakes to find himself upon a sickbed.ĭuring his stay at the infirmary, he meets the medic Emma, who wraps his arm in bandages so as to prevent infection. A wolf attacks and wounds Jo, causing him to go unconscious. Joe attempts to rescue him by slaying the wolf with an arrow from his bow, but he misses. As they attempt to escape from the great number of their foes in the darkness, Jo comes upon one of his fellow Bracers, Junder, who is about to be killed by one of their attackers. On the forest floor, they are attacked by wolves. When he detects movement in the forest below him, he and the few rabbits with him, under the leadership of Captain Frye, come down to see what the matter is. One night, he is assigned to a post upon the slopes of the Mountain, in a shelter situated high above the forest below. Thus, only days later, Jo finds himself at Cloud Mountain, where he meets Gort, Eefaw Potter, and Smalls. After Flynn wins the Cup, he asks Jo to join his team of Bracers to accompany him to Cloud Mountain. With the help of his friend Lund and some hard work, Jo Shanks enters the Archer's Cup, only barely losing to Nate Flynn of the Bracers. Word has it that Lord Rake has been harboring Longtreaders, dangerous relatives of the traitor Garten Longtreader. Meanwhile, he hears that there will be a Citadel Congress at Cloud Mountain-a meeting of the Lords and highest officers of each secret citadel. He prepares in earnest for the upcoming Archer's Cup. Jo Shanks is an archer of Halfwind Citadel, disliked by his superior officers and burdened by a great desire to better himself in archery so as to prove himself to the world. What he finds there will confront his convictions and test his resolve as the war begins and King Jupiter's heir is revealed. Eager to see the Longtreaders receive justice, he travels from his Halfwind Citadel home to a Cloud Mountain poised on the brink of war. Jo is a gifted archer with a burden on his back and a fire within. "A Green Ember story set during Heather and Picket's arrival at Cloud Mountain, The Last Archer follows the journey of Jo Shanks.
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