Mount Herculaneum
Names: Mount Herculaneumthe volcanoAphrodite's SeatHerculaneum
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 5 (FOUR)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 5Herculaneum is a semiactive volcano 32 km high and 711 km wide that has never erupted since human settlement.
- Ch 5Mount Herculaneum is a volcano with twin calderas, a glacier ring and alpine pine forests; hikers climb it for views from Aphrodite's Seat.
- Ch 5Mount Herculaneum is left as a natural wild park on Far Away, with rainforest on its lower slopes used for tourist expeditions.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 18The summit lies above the atmosphere, gives a view to the Dessault range's east end, and is a perfect com relay point.
- Ch 18Extremely dangerous after the morning ocean storm; the team must be in the lee of Zeus before sunrise.
Connections
- part ofGrand Triad
- includesMount Titanits crater is one of the twin calderas
- inFar Away
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 5Climb above Herculaneum
Justine bursts out above the canyon, flies up Mount Herculaneum's slope toward the summit, and scans radar to reach her ultimate goal.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Twister ride to the edge of space
Justine flies the hyperglider into a twister, is flung up through the stratosphere, and glides over Mount Herculaneum's summit before descending.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Landing amid electronic failure
While landing in a rainforest clearing, the hyperglider suffers a multiple electronic failure resembling an em pulse; Justine lands safely and weeps with relief.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Tracking the mysterious emission
Justine trudges through the jungle toward the source of repeating electromagnetic pulses, which briefly reboot her e-butler, and decides it isn't pirates.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Justine discovers the d-sink
Exploring the jungle on Mount Herculaneum, Justine finds an overgrown shelter housing a niling d-sink fed by a geothermal cable and identifies it as the source of the em pulses.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Justine meets Kazimir
Kazimir, watching from hiding, is spotted by Justine and invited into her shelter. He tells her the clans' story of the Starflyer and Bradley Johansson, and they spend the day together.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Night together by the fire
Kazimir and Justine share champagne and food by a bonfire, then go into her tent and have sex.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Recovery convoy arrives
The convoy led by Cam Tong finds Justine's landing site, honking horns. Kazimir bolts into the jungle while the crew laughs; Estella teases Justine, and they depart.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Plan to glide onto Aphrodite's Seat
Because the observation team is delayed, Wilson proposes landing a hyperglider on Mount Herculaneum. Samantha agrees despite sabotage fears; Adam privately plans to ground Wilson and Anna and let only Oscar fly.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Hyperglider crash on Herculaneum
Wilson lands too fast on Mount Herculaneum's summit, the glider bounces, flips and crashes into a rock spur, and he is injured.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Wilson's signal reaches the cave
The Guardians receive Wilson's carrier signal and storm data, and begin phasing in the manipulator stations to amplify the storm.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Wilson watches the storm
Wilson, dying atop Mount Herculaneum, watches the Guardians channel the storm east until it becomes a vast self-sustaining dust storm sweeping over the High Desert.