Deepest Night, Book Two in the Darkness Series
Disclaimer 1: I do not own the Underland Chronicles. I do not own Ripred, Gregor, Luxa, Mareth, Howard, Aurora, or Nike. Or any of Suzanne Collin's other brainchildren.
Disclaimer 2: I do however own Rae Kenton, Flay, Terrormaw, Azureeye, Erin, and anyone else you do not read of in the books.
Rating Warning: This is rated T for violence, language, and disturbing themes; eg. self abuse, war, and suggestive themes. Again, this contained suggestive themes, called 'suggestive' for a reason. Also, beware my cliffies of DOOM.
I have been being bugged for so long about putting out the sequel that I finally decided that Deepest Night was ready for revelation! This story will probably be a bit slow since it is not my main project, but I'm sure you guys won't mind.
In the last book Terrormaw, a young female rat, had a baby. Not just any baby, but Flay, the Bane's Daughter. Furyfire and his mate Shadowshiv planned to murder the pup and her mother so that the Underland could evade another war. However Terrormaw and Flay fled the rat's lands before this could happen. The Regalian Council was in an uproar and demanded something be done, Luxa summoned Gregor who has not been in the Underland in four months. When he came back down he met Erin a fifteen year old Overlander who is just this side of a punk rock rebel. Along with her, Howard, Luxa, Ripred and the bats they travel to Terrormaw's cave. After spending a day with Flay they find her to be sarcastic and playful, however just a bit 'off' from living in isolation. Furyfire, not to be deterred his goals, took a group of rats and invaded Flay's cave. Terrormaw was killed while protecting her pup. The only one of the enemy gnawers left alive was Shadowshiv who slipped out of capture at the last minute. Luxa announced that Flay was no danger to the Underland and took her to live in Regalia. Gregor went back home swearing to visit often.
Deepest Night is a bridge book setting the stage for Rising Dawn and introducing a host of interesting new characters and species. Gregor brings Rae down for a visit, and Luxa is not very happy. Howard is in training to be Lord of the Fount and has less and less time to spend with his friends. Ripred has more and more of those irksome duties but manages to provide the same sardonic outlook as ever. Flay is suffering from her mother's death and a recent revelation, she keeps sneaking off somewhere and no one can find out where she goes. The cutters and the darters and massing on the borders preparing to launch an attack on the sleepers. And a certain shadow colored gnawer makes a reappearance.
This book is filled with drama, politics, sadness, love, and war. It is a story about coming to grips with your past and looking into the future with open eyes. So what are you waiting for?
Delve into the demented scrawlings of a fourteen year old girl...