Lore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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Part 3, Chapters 35-37Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 3: “Deathless”

Part 3, Chapter 35 Summary

The group goes deeper into the park, staying on alert for attack. They find Miles at the center of a rising pond, and Lore spots Artemis at the far side of the water, an arrow knocked to shoot Miles. Van runs toward him “as Artemis let her arrow fly” (303).

Part 3, Chapter 36 Summary

Castor lets out a blast of power, disintegrating the arrow. Artemis disappears, and Castor and Athena give chase. Van takes Miles to safety, and Lore runs through the park, navigating only by Artemis and Athena’s shouted argument. Athena tries to reason with her sister, but Artemis is beyond logic. She believes there is no way out of the hunt but to “kill the hunters and false gods for what they have done to us” (305).

Lore finally finds the gods. Athena continues to reason with Artemis, and a group of hunting dogs attacks Lore. She manages to hold them off but can’t join the fight between the gods and watches Artemis fight Castor. Castor dangles at the edge of a waterfall. Artemis dances around him, avoiding her own traps and natural obstacles while she tries to send him tumbling. She missteps, loses her balance, and falls to the rocks below.

Part 3, Chapter 37 Summary

With Artemis gone, Athena is the last remaining original Greek god. Lore helps Castor regain purchase on dry land. She hears a whirring sound, and an arrow strikes her shoulder. A second arrow hits Castor, going through his heart and “extinguishing the sparks of power” in his eyes (312). His lifeless body goes over the edge of the cliff.

Part 3, Chapters 35-37 Analysis

Athena uses Artemis to weave her web. Since the beginning of the hunt, Athena has told the group Artemis betrayed her and stabbed her in a moment of insanity. In these chapters, Artemis raves, and Athena remains calm, making Athena seem like the reasonable one. Artemis shoots an arrow at Miles after seeing the group’s approach. Since she’s familiar with Apollo’s power, she likely knows the arrow won’t reach its target, which means the arrow is bait to draw the group out so she can lead them to the traps she set. After Artemis’s death, Athena maintains her calm, solidifying the idea that Artemis was the one working against the group. Castor’s fall here mirrors several other falls. Somehow, Castor gets back up each time (and he will this time as well, despite being shot through the heart). His fall here foreshadows his rise in the next section, and underscores just how special his power is.