JJ Sharpe
Published: 2013-12-18
Total Pages: 1099
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If you want a future, you have to roll the dice with the present. That’s what they say at least. Sixteen-year-old Hobbes is rolling the dice. With a father gone to the Old War and a mother lost in the bottom of a bottle, he takes a chance for a better future by volunteering to join Echo Citadel. In exchange for an education, shelter, and maybe a little adventure, he raises his hand to become a Breaker, to pick up a hammer and fight for his community. For as long as anyone can remember, mysterious creatures have been collapsing the human skyline, families and homes disappearing into the depths of the earth one sinkhole at a time. As the subterranean creatures, known as Diggers, continue to destroy the town of Kutter, the government trains and arms its youth to fight the creatures. Hobbes and his new teammates at Echo Citadel, armed only with hammers and flame, are sent into the dark tunnels of earth to stem the unrelenting tide. Below the surface, Hobbes’ dreams of glory and adventure quickly vanish as he and his team struggle to just stay alive. To make matters worse, not everyone see the Diggers as a plague. A community of zealots, living on the outskirts, worship the creatures as the gods' way of righteously cleansing the earth. When one shows up at the Citadel, the chaos in Hobbes' life gets more complicated. Dark eyes and a beautiful smile, she elicits Hobbes' help to find her missing brother, a Pro Digger who disappeared in the tunnels. As questions are asked and secrets revealed, Hobbes discovers the deadliest creatures at Echo Citadel may not be Diggers after all.