"What happened to Reiloc?"
Lete only moaned.
"Answer me!" he snapped. "Where's Reiloc?"
"He—he stayed at the cliffs to organize my people into an army. The tribes have been coming in for days. Ever since the word spread that the Wanderer has appeared. Reiloc said to tell you that he was going to split his forces, attack from both ends of the valley."
Jupiter swore under his breath. "We're going down," he told Tabak. "Going down fast. Hang onto your hair."
He put the Mizar into a tight spiral, drove her down like a blazing meteor. The star ship must have presented an awe-inspiring sight, jets shooting streamers of flame, her nose pointed directly at the cluster of striped tents in the center of the army.
He drove her down like a blazing meteor.