Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked
- but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city & worst of all
- the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness-But when two children, Lina & Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago & find a new future for everyone? Will the people of Ember listen to them?