When Nona's guardian kills himself, she is immediately suspected of
murdering him. In a world where nature and darkness are feared, where
wild animals are held captive and cities are illuminated by permanent
light, who will believe her innocence? Nona must flee with her only
friend a bear who is strangely human. In their desperate attempt to
escape capture, Nona and her bear encounter two strange boys, Caius and
Jay. Together, the four of them will hide, and fight, and make the
deadliest of enemies in their desperate race to a forbidden place called
The Edge where nature is unrestrained, where there is light and shade,
forest and mountain, and where there are no shackles or boundaries. A
poetic, haunting, and unforgettable modern fable about nature, society,
and what it is that makes us human."