In the underground city of Torque, nothing is safe anymore. Outside, Sheeyah, Tarantaculs, and wild beasts lurk in the shadows, just waiting to sink in their teeth.But for Virde, now engaged to the boy she hates, anything beats the future that's been planned for her. Following the trail of her true love, a Commoner who has fled Torque to find the legendary Tribe of Light, she quickly realizes that the world she thought she lived in was nothing but deceit. Only when she comes in contact with Sebastian and his brother, two humans from above ground, does she discover the real truth about her past, and that the Tribe of Light might be more than legends after all.