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  Table of Contents Chapter 1—I’m Gonna March Myself up to Principal Higgins… Chapter 2—Drifting but Thriving Chapter 3—So, I Heard About Montauk… Chapter 4—Lights in the Shadow Chapter 5—Torchbearers Epilogue   ‘I know I can’t be the only one who’s holding on for dear life.    But God knows, I know, when it’s all said and done.   I am not okay, but it’s all gonna be all right.    It’s not okay, but we’re all gonna be all right.’—lyrics from ‘I Am Not Okay’ as sung by Jelly Roll ‘Now that the war is through with me, I’m waking up,   I cannot see.   That there’s not much left of me.   Nothing is real but pain now.’—lyrics from Metallica’s ‘One’   ‘I’m goin’ down in a blaze of glory.   Take me now but know the truth.   I’m goin’ out in a blaze of glory.    Lord I never drew first, but I drew first blood I’m no one’s son.   Call me young gun.’—lyrics to ‘Blaze of Glory’ as sung by Jon Bon Jo...

  ACT 1 — The Gathering Storm INT. DUCKS’ HIDEOUT — WAR ROOM — NIGHT The glow of Puckworld’s twin moons filters through the battered windows as Wildwing stands before a digital map, his mask reflecting a steely determination. Beside him, Duke polishes his sword, Grin meditates, Tanya hacks into Saurian comms, and Mallory loads her plasma puck launcher. Two new faces join the team: Mirage , a reserved, keen-eyed tactician with a mysterious air, and Fantasma Gora , a whirlwind of energy whose feathers shimmer with spectral light. Wildwing (softly): "This is it. One last shot to take back our home." Mallory (grinning): "And this time, we've got backup." Mirage and Fantasma’s Story As the team prepares, Mirage quietly recounts to Tanya and Grin their harrowing escape from Lord Dragaunus’s fortress . Mirage, once a captive spy forced to serve, used her cunning and illusions to slip away. Fantasma, with the power to phase through matter and summon...