Under the Never Sky - Softcover

Aria and Perry, two teens from radically different societies in a future dystopia, hate being dependent on one another until they overcome their prejudices and fall in love, knowing they can't stay together. Fans of THE HUNGER GAMES, MATCHED, DIVERGENT, and GRACELING will embrace this spectacular read for its irresistible characters and fully imagined world. The first book in a fascinating trilogy.

Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. When she is forced out of the pod for a crime she did not commit, she believes her death is imminent. The outside world is known as The Death Shop, with danger in every direction.

As an Outsider, Perry has always known hunger, vicious predators, and violent energy storms from the swirling electrified atmosphere called the Aether. A bit of an outcast even among his hunting tribe, Perry withstands these daily tests with his exceptional abilities, as he is gifted with powerful senses that enable him to scent danger, food and even human emotions.

They come together reluctantly, for Aria must depend on Perry, whom she considers a barbarian, to help her get back to Reverie, while Perry needs Aria to help unravel the mystery of his beloved nephew's abduction by the Dwellers. Together they embark on a journey challenged as much by their prejudices as by encounters with cannibals and wolves. But to their surprise, Aria and Perry forge an unlikely love - one that will forever change the fate of all who live UNDER THE NEVER SKY.

Veronica Rossi was born in Rio and now lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons. She attended UCLA and studied fine art at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Having created vivid, sweeping oil paintings, Veronica's new canvas is fiction for teens. Enthusiastically embraced by readers, UNDER THE NEVER SKY has already sold to 20 countries and has been optioned for film by Warner Brothers.