The crew abandoned ship in the Twilight Woods, and Cloud Wolf stayed aboard to pursue his quest. Spleethe and Mugbutt were thwarted and killed, but the Stormchaser was being torn to pieces in the storm. Inside the Great Storm, Spleethe and Mugbutt mutinied, threatening to murder Twig if Cloud Wolf refused to comply. Though Cloud Wolf forbade Twig to set sail with the rest of the crew on this dangerous voyage, he allowed himself to be smuggled onboard the Stormchaser by the mutinous quartermaster, Slyvo Spleethe. Against the wishes of the Most High Academe Vilnix Pompolnius, a deal was struck between Cloud Wolf, Mother Horsefeather, and the Professor of Light to erase Cloud Wolf's debts if he can return to Sanctaphrax with a supply of Stormphrax from the approaching Great Storm to save both cities from destruction. Meanwhile, in the city of Sanctaphrax, stormphrax and phraxdust supplies were running low, dangerously increasing the buoyancy of the Sanctaphrax rock and threatening to pollute the Undertown water to undrinkable levels. This forced Cloud Wolf to return to Undertown and arrange a way to repay his debts.

Twig accidentally caused severe damage to the sky ship Stormchaser, which he did after a great deal for ironwood with woodtrolls. This book told the story of Twig's role in Cloud Wolf's stormchasing voyage into the Twilight Woods. Book 2 of the Twig Saga Stormchaser was the second book in The Edge Chronicles, the fifth book chronologically, and the second book in the Twig trilogy.

The Edge Chronicles 8 by Paul Stewart