Alara’s incredible gaming skills bring her to the attention of Estrella’s leaders. She is chosen to go on a dangerous mission to London Under, the original older, long-deserted & distrusted city on top of which Estrella (the Star city) was built, to gather ‘vital’ intelligence. Estrella is the perfect society, an immaculate, sanitised, connected environment where everything is channelled through the digital medium. There is no dirt, no pain, no disease, no natural world, even feelings like boredom are frowned upon & discouraged. Alara is dropped down to London Under & into a “new” world which bewilders her & disorientates her. How will she survive in a society where noise dirt & sometimes pain are everyday experiences & where food is not synthetic & tastes real? Will she accomplish her mission? Who can she trust? How will she get back to Estrella & her family & her life without worry?