Under the Never Sky

I'm in love. Veronica Rossi's first novel, Under the Never Sky is definitely a must read. I still feel my heart palpitating from the excitement of this dynamic novel, something I haven't felt since the Hunger Games trilogy.We first meet Aria, one of our main characters living in Reverie, a dome enclosed community of technological and genetically advanced humans. Each resident, has a smarteye or mini computer eye patch which helps them connect to a virtual world where they interact with their peers and pass away their time, away from the dangers of the outside world beyond the dome. There are many domes, but only a chosen few get to live the pampered life of a dweller. Outside in the real world, are different tribes of savages, or people who reside without the advancements of the dome dwelling citizens. Our savages strive for survival against disease and the Aether, a strange electrical, atmospheric storm that is always present and causes destruction among the different regions. Each tribe had a blood-lord or ruler with some type of special ability to sense the dangers for his tribe, and has a pledge of allegiance from its members to fight on the tribes behalf and support the lord in his decisions for the greater good of his people.Throw in a duplicitous villain and the encounter of Aria, our naive residing dweller with a dose of a bad boy savage, named Perry and the story gets off to a speedy start of plot twists, survival and a mission of sorts with two unlikely allies who to work together in order to achieve what they both are looking for. I love the relationship that develops between the two main characters and how our heroine slowly comes out of her shell and learns the skills to survive in the outer world, without the help of technology. Add some cannibals to the mix, and you have a book chock full of adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and thensome. I was so happy when I finished the book that my only question is, please tell me the author is going to write a sequel! I really bought into the world Rossi created, and truly feel that any one who reads this book is for quite a ride.


"Since she's been on the outside, she'd survived an Aether storm, she'd had a knife held to her throat, and she's seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland-known as the Death Shop-are slim. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild- a savage-and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile-everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive.Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky."