Place · from book 5
The Valtay landing vessel
The Valtay landing vessel parked at the bottom of the ocean, not far from Borant's headquarters, where crawlers are taken for shows: cheering under the deck, a child's ladder into a zero zone, a green room like a cell, an empty production room.
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
Through book 6
Rosetta Thagra's Shadow Boxer, where a yam and a screen of Miami television are hidden in plain sight (B6 ch. 12, B6 ch. 13).
Through book 5
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 1/78 | Ch. 30 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 1/74 | Ch. 12 · the book's own page |
By book
The Valtay landing vessel in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
Zev explains that CrawlCon is held in an actual Valtay landing vessel parked in the planet's primary zone, at the bottom of the ocean not far from headquarters, cleared for the event (ch. 30); cheering under the deck (ch. 30); a child's ladder into a zero zone (ch. 32); a green room like a cell (ch. 40); an empty production room (ch. 42).
The Valtay landing vessel in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Rosetta's program Shadow Boxer, an interview about life before the crawl, is scheduled after the recap (ch. 7); Quasar is surprised to learn who owns it, and Rosetta has only recently left her indentureship (ch. 12); on the show she gives the party two secret messages, one about the yam and one in the television programs she shows Donut (ch. 38).