The journey to the desert was painfully slow solely because they couldn’t move too far ahead of the undead army that was following them on the ground. Jace craned his neck and saw Stryke’s tower. He said, “Parvai.” and focused into the distance. The bow’s binocular mode enabled him to take a good look at the Stryke tower. It was at least twenty stories high and seemed to glisten under the moon’s light. He looked at the foot of the building and could see Stryke’s army of undead surrounding the tower. “He’s got an army guarding the tower.” he said. “Tell our cavalry to prepare themselves for the fight.” said Sameer. “We’re gonna do something stupid.” Jace looked out down at their army and shouted, “Prepare yourself! There’s an army waiting for us!” He could’ve sworn that he

