““History books call it the Underworld. Or even hell. But I know it’s neither. It is really called the Everneath, and it’s not a place for the dead. It’s a place for the Everliving—beings who have discovered the secret to eternal life. It’s a place for their Forfeits—the humans who give up everything to nourish the Everliving. It’s the world caught between this one and the next, a layer between Earth and hell. I know because I was a Forfeit. I would give anything to change this.””