Quick summary:
In Bone #6 Old Man's Cave, we seem to reach the climax of the story, but discover the end is only the beginning of a new twist in the plot. Thorn, Smiley and Fone Bone rejoin Gran'ma Ben in Old Man's Cave. Old Man's Cave has become a refuge for stick-eaters, the villagers, and Phoncible P. Bone. Rock Jaw is on a hunt to bring the bone creatures and Thorn (dead or alive) to the altar of the Hooded One for a sacrifice and so free the Lord of the Locusts. Phoney is captured and placed on the altar of sacrifice, but is saved just in time by Gran'ma Ben. We discover why the hooded one was chasing Phoney, and we discover that the "hooded one" is in fact Gran'ma Ben's sister, Briar, who died in the old war. She is being kept alive by the locusts.
Forewarning:
Younger children may be disturbed by certain gruesome images: Rock Jaw has previously pulled out Kingdok's tongue and one image shows the cats holding it down beneath his paw; when Briar pulls off her hood, she is shown with bulging eyes and green skin; the locusts escape from Briar via her mouth and stomach; and we see the top part of Briar's body disengaged from her legs, though there is no blood.
Commentary:
This book was entertaining like the other books have been, though the plot was not as tightly laid out as Bone # 5 Rock Jaw.
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