The vampires outnumber Simon's group, but they do not count on the ingenuity and abilities of the friends.

Lamb actually leads them into a trap, having agreed to hand over anyone with magic powers to Braden's group. Shepard leads Baz, Simon, and Penny to Las Vegas where Baz connects with a vampire named Lamb who seems willing to help them find Agatha. The vampires are trying to code magic into their DNA, and they need people with magic abilities – like Agatha – to complete the process. The NowNext group is actually populated by vampires, led by a sophisticated man named Braden. Penny receives a disturbing voicemail from Agatha, who has come to realize that she is in danger. Shepard actually helps save them twice, though it takes time for them to truly trust him. They end up in a showdown with some dangerous creatures. They pass it off as a magic show and flee the fair, but a Normal named Shepard follows. The three friends are surprised when they encounter a group of vampires, whom they kill before the vampires can feed on humans they have selected. They settle into the road trip and stop at a Renaissance fair where Simon's wings garner applause and questions of how he created them. It is a long way from Chicago to California – farther than any of them realized – and they have limited resources other than their magic. Ginger is involved with a program called NowNext, and Agatha reluctantly goes along. She left London to escape all ties with magic and is now spending time with a Normal girl named Ginger. The problem is that Agatha is not really interested in being Penny's friend and not interested in their visit. She takes the news hard and wants to go home but, Simon insists they go on to California as they planned, to visit their friend Agatha.

They arrive in Chicago to discover that Penny's boyfriend, Micah, has been trying to tell her their relationship is over for more than a year. When Simon eventually agrees, Baz joins because he is relieved to find that Simon is willing to leave the apartment. Penny comes up with the plan for a vacation in America. Penny and Baz are still attending classes at the university but are desperate to get Simon out of his poor state of mind. He is not interested in anything, including his friendship with a magician named Penny or his romance with a vampire/magician named Baz. He compares himself to the fallout after a nuclear bomb. However, he does have enormous wings and a tail. After the heroism of the previous novel, Carry On, Simon no longer has magic power.

Kindle AZW file.Īs Wayward Son opens, Simon Snow is, as usual, in his London apartment. Martin's Publishing Group, New York, NY, 2019. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Rowell, Rainbow.

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