In the city of ember the only lights are the flood lamps. There is no such thing as the sun or moon. There are boundary’s that the florescent lights protect ,beyond the lights complete darkness. Some people of ember believe in this thing called movable light (witch is fire), will save them and bring them to a world of light. That is what 12 year old Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet are the only people that believe in such a thing. When the lights start to flicker many times a day ,leaving them in darkness for minuets The generator that powers the lights is almost dead .Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet seem to be the only people who are worried. While cleaning Lina found a mysterious letter called “instructions for Egress” there life is turned upside down. They have been given life jobs. Doon is a pipe worker and Lina is a messenger lead then closer to solving the way out of there dying city. They follow the instructions which lead them to a bout storage place. Doon and Lina hop in the bout and make there way down the violent river. The river leads a place of light. That’s when they realize that there city was miles underground. They bring there city to the new world and only discover a new city.
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