With his sister Liv gone and parents dead, Perry feels that his only family is Vale's seven-year-old son Talon. Vale, his brother and Blood Lord of the tribe isn't all too pleased to see him again-a result of the frequent fights between them. The Savage, Perry, hastily returns to his own home, a place called the Tides. The Savage wastes no time in putting Soren in his place, and saves Aria from the fire. While desperately trying to tear herself away from him, Aria realizes that they're not completely alone as she spots a real live Savage, someone who lives on the Outside, also known as the Death Shop, the land of a million deaths. She records the attack with her Smarteye to prove all that Soren had done. Soren, the son of the Consul-head of security in the Pods-becomes increasingly more violent, and attacks Aria and her friend Paisley as they try to escape from the rapidly spreading fire.

Dwellers had never seen it in real life, only in the realms. But when Aria and a small group of friends break into a damaged Pod (Ag 6), she finally experiences something real and dangerous: fire. Her whole life revolves around her SmartEye, a device that creates artificial realities called Realms in order to keep Dwellers entertained/controlled.

If they can survive, they are each other's best hope for finding answers.Īria lives in the Pods, an underground civilization meant to protect her from the Aether, a mysterious and dangerous storm that has scorched the surface of the Earth.

He's also wild - a savage - but might be her best hope at staying alive. So when her mother goes missing, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland long enough to find her are slim. Her entire world confined to its spaces, she's never thought to dream of what lies beyond its doors. Under The Never Sky is the first book in the Under TheĪria has lived her whole life in the protected dome of Reverie.

Under the never sky