Nikki Beckett
is desperate to save her boyfriend Jack Caputo. Two months ago, he forfeited
his life to the Tunnels in the Everneath to save her. He kept her alive during
the Feed by dreaming of her every night. Now, she is fighting to do the same
for him. Jack has some good nights where he remembers and bad when he struggles
to remember their love for one another.
Willing to
risk everything to free Jack from the Tunnels, Nikki knows the only way she can
enter is with the help of an Everliving. Cole Stockton and his Dead Elvis band
mates are the only ones she knows. With his DNA, she can enter by herself but
only with his guidance will she be able to navigate. Cole has disappeared from
Park City, Colorado and Nikki is trying to track him through the impromptu
appearances of the Dead Elvises.
Against her
father’s better judgment, Nikki goes to Jack’s graduation ceremony because she
feels like one of them should be there. She runs in to Jack’s older brother
Will who knows the truth about his disappearance. They offer each other words
of support on a difficult day before Mrs. Caputo sees them. After the ceremony,
Nikki isn’t able to escape unseen. Mrs. Caputo believes that she is keeping
information back about her missing son. She wants to know why Nikki is avoiding
her but Nikki is at a loss. She had no idea Mrs. Caputo had been trying to
speak with her. As she drives off, Nikki is floored to see Cole standing behind
her.
Cole tells
her to give up on Jack. He will eventually die. Cole is willing to wait for his
death so that Nikki can be with him. Never, she states. She will rescue Jack
form the Tunnels of the Everneath or die trying. Cole tells her that she is
crazy. Before he can react, Nikki yanks out some of his hair. She runs to the
Stop n Go and swallows the strands. She finds herself falling to the Everneath.
There she
finds herself in a commons area. She spies the Queen as the Shades impale their
first sacrifice. Horrified, she is soon spotted. Just at that moment, Cole
appears and is able to get her back to the Surface. He is furious that she wants
to throw her life away for a dead guy. Jack is her true love and she will not
abandon him. They are at a standoff.
Nikki will
never give up on Jack. She enlists Will’s help to trick Cole into taking her
back. Laying their trap, Cole falls for it but Max, a band mate, knew she was
lying. Finally, he relents and agrees to take her to the Everneath. Max is
going to accompany them to make sure Cole doesn’t do something stupid.
Can Nikki go
to the Everneath undetected? Will she, Cole and Max be able to find Jack less
rescue him from the Tunnels? Can she return to the surface before her father
notices that she is missing? What will happen when the Queens learns that she
survived the Feed? Will Cole ever give up on Nikki becoming his? And will Jack
and Nikki ever have a happily ever after?
The is told in flashbacks to important events in Nikki and Jack's relationship. Readers will not see the ending coming and will be eagerly awaiting awaiting the conclusion
with Evertrue in January 2014.
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Neverfall - book 1.5
An enovella about Cole and his deterination to discover how Nikki survived the feed and discovering his true intentions towards her. New information can be found here that isn't repeated in Everneath.
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