For generations, the people of the City of
Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering
lights - underground. Built as a refuge for humanity and
powered by a massive generator - this city will only sustain
for 200 years. Now Ember is falling into darkness as the
generator fails, and the dazzling lights begin to flicker
and fade.
Despite growing concern for the future of their beloved
city, Ember’s students find themselves confronting the next
step in their lives. A rite of passage for all graduates, it
is Assignment Day, the day on which the Mayor himself will
stand before the graduating students as they choose, by
lottery, how they will spend their lives working for their
society. Lina, praying with all her might to be a messenger,
is appalled to be assigned to the Pipeworks, the vast
network of pipes underneath the city. Her classmate, Doon
Harrow, who wants more than nothing else to work in the
Generator, panics when he pulls the messenger assignment.
The Pipeworks isn't the Generator, but it is close enough
and Doon offers to swap assignments with Lina. She is
thrilled and grateful and eagerly changes jobs. Thus, an
unlikely friendship is born, one that, as it blossoms, will
change the course of all the lives in Ember.
Lina takes easily to the job of messenger and finds herself
zipping all over Ember, delivering important missives to
even more important people, including the mayor himself. At
home she cares for her aging and forgetful grandmother, and
her baby sister Poppy. When an old metal box is discovered
in their closet, Lina’s grandmother is overjoyed. Completely
sure that the contents of the box are of the utmost
importance, she is completely bereft of any memory as to
why.
Lina manages to jimmy the lock open, and discovers some
cryptic and decrepit papers inside. Unable to piece the
papers together, Lina resolves to decipher their meaning and
enlists Doon’s help.
As blackouts in the city become more frequent, Lina and Doon
realize that the information inside that box could lead to
the salvation of their city and their fellow citizens. Now
racing against the clock, the two follow the clues, cleverly
maneuvering around corrupt politicians and unsavory
characters hoping to keep them from their goal: restoring
the light in the CITY OF EMBER.© Fox Walden. All
rights reserved
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