*Hugo Award Nominee*

The classic tale of a post-apocalyptic world where humans have built a society in the dark underground. The descendants of the survivors only remember the pre-apocalyptic world in old stories, legends and myths. Light itself is remembered as something holy, and Radiation is feared as the ultimate evil.
 
Jared is the son of the Prime Survivor, the leader of the Lower Level Clan. In a world of darkness and monsters both real and imagined, Jared embarks on a quest for Light.
 
Little does he know just how dangerous his quest will turn out to be.