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Jaden's nothing but a traitor and he knows it. He's sold out his settlement to the Flamestone Society in the hope of getting his mother back from them. Instead, he's now cursed to dwell underground and avoid the toxic rays of the sun, which will kill him. There's no hope of redemption. The best he can hope to do is find his mother so she can go back to Earth. But, in his search for her, he discovers an entire culture of people like him-the Disgraced-far...

Still reeling from the revelation that her present family is involved in the Flamestone Society, Elaine has made it to a rugged settlement called Wompitt, a town made up of escapees from the Dweller mines. That's good, because she's going to need all the help she can get to rescue her friends from the mines and stop the evil Society from selling any more souls to the depths. Or is it? It seems the people of Wompitt have one thing on their mind: survival,...