Tripods

Will and Beanpole pretend to be clowns in Ali Pasha's traveling circus. Their goal is to inform men everywhere of what the Masters are going to do to the Earth. Ali soon double-crosses them and intends to give them to the Tripods for capping.

Fritz chooses to stay behind in the City, and Beanpole saves Will from drowning in the channel during his escape. The boys make their way to a nearby town and hide from the Black Guards in Ali Pasha's Circus.

Will's master becomes suspicious of Will and tries to check Will's cap. Will kills his master and attempts to leave the City by an underground channel.

The Cognosc reads Will mind and knows why the boys have infiltrated the city.

Will and Fritz become more aware of what the Masters have planned for the Earth. They are brought to the Pool of Fire where they meet Cognosc, one of the most powerful creatures in the City of Gold.

Fritz is promoted from a slave to the Power Elite. He meets and becomes friends with Pierre. Will wants to find Eloise.

Fritz is made a slave beneath the City of Gold. Will is made a slave of Master 468, an alien who belongs to the same race that created the Tripods.

The games are over and Will and Fritz are chosen to go to the City of Gold, but Beanpole is left behind. The city seems escape proof.

With some help from Zerlina and Papagena, Will and Beanpole make their escape from Goetz. They make it to the stadium just in time for the Tripod games.

Will is arrested after a fight while drunk, Beanpole is missing, and Fritz may head for the Tripods games without them. Will and Beanpole end up on the run from Goetz.

Our heroes have been chosen to be in the Tripod's Games. Now they must journey to Germany to reach the Stadium.

The Boys are in the White Mountains training to be in the Tripod Games. Julius will select the winner.

A Tripod is destroyed. The boys are racing towards the White Mountains, but are captured by the Black Guards. The interrogations begin.

The Black Guards catch the boys and they are put on trial for stealing. They once again escape and find themselves lost in Tripod country.

The boys decide to leave the Vichot family and head for the White Mountains. On the way, they steal some food, and find themselves being chased by Black Guards.

Winter is on the way, and Will wants to keep going for the White Mountains. Henry and Beanpole want to stay with the Vichot family, but Jeannie Vichot's fiance is a black guard.

The metal button is a homing bug planted in Will. The device is removed, but it leaves Will bloody and very weak.

Will leaves the Chateau, is captured by a Tripod and released. After meeting up with Henry and Beanpole he discovers a metal "button" in his armpit, used by the Tripods for tracking.

Will makes his decision and stays with Eloise. Henry and Beanpole leave to continue the quest. Will and Eloise are very happy, until Will learns that Eloise has been capped.

Will and Eloise soon find themselves in love. Will must make the decision of which life he wants. He must choose between staying with the woman he is in love with or continuing on his quest to the White Mountains.

Will becomes very ill and they find a safe place to hide at the Chateau Ricordeau. The count welcomes them in, and Will soon finds himself falling in love, and in a love triangle with the Count's beautiful daughter, Eloise, and the Duc de Sarlat.

The two boys escape from prison with a new friend named Beanpole. The three of them travel to Paris, which is in ruins and inhabitated by very dangerous people.

Captain Curtis demands money and then has the boys locked in the hold. Will and Henry sneak off the ship in France and are arrested by the French Black Guards.