Motif · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods

The Knock-Knocks

Gnomish fuel-air bombs — 'Ever seen a hundred Dromedarians die because their lungs imploded?' — barely stable, the last few of the old bombardier squads, kept under the Wasteland as a mutual-standoff weapon and the reason the hostage matters. Carl targets them with his first missiles.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — The Wasteland through a telescope
• Chapter 3 — A goose from the sky
• Chapter 9 — Ruckus
• Chapter 12 — Dolores Doesn't Splat
• Chapter 29 — Where the Red God Glows

Progression

Seen under a quadcopter through a telescope (ch. 2); the reason for the hostage; the targets of the first four guided missiles (ch. 12).