We made it.
In this episode of Our Book Bench, Lisa and David reach the final chapters of Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell — pages 297 through 334, from The Gray Mist through What She Said.
Christopher is alone in the maze. The darkness is physical and emotional — jealousy, misery, dread, the cold gray mist pressing in. He doesn't know if it will work. He goes anyway.
And then, when all seems lost, Mal arrives.
We talk about Christopher's journey through the darkness and what kept him going, the villain Francesco Sforza and his chilling belief that freedom only belongs to those willing to take it by force, the breathtaking moment Mal unfurls her flying jacket and carries him into the Somnulum, and the beautiful, creature-filled procession that follows. We also come back to a prediction David made last week — was he right?
And we close with the final words of the book, and the question they leave us with.
This week's listener question: When the previous Immortal faced this moment, he said no. Mal said yes. Is there something in your life you've said yes to — or want to say yes to — even though it felt hard or scary? We'd love to hear about it.
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