Ember is now forced to choose between her cruel new home and the tortured soul she has come to love...Millions are dead, never to return. Hungry corpses have overtaken the cities of Under. The Ancients are silent as the fate of the world hovers on the edge of a knife. Rxa continues his crusade to end the world, with only Ember to convince him to find another way. But as the true nature of Under reveals itself to her, she must force herself...