Under the Never Sky

Under the Never Sky is a 2012 young adult debut novel by Veronica Rossi and, the novel is the first in the Under the Never Sky series. The book follows two teens, a girl that has always lived within a protected city and a boy who is both a Night Seer and a Scire, as they attempt to survive.

Film rights to the trilogy have been optioned by Warner Brothers Studios, with the novel being sold in more than 25 international markets.

Plot
Under the Never Sky follows the character of Aria, a 17-year-old girl who has been exiled from Reverie, the domed city in a dystopian future 300 years after a major catastrophe has decimated the Earth. Aria was banished from her home when she is blamed for starting a fire that took the lives of her best friend and two others. This punishment means almost certain death: outside of her Pod and other similar Pods where the technologically advanced dwell, is a wasteland known as the Death Shop. It's a place known to be filled with cannibals and terrible Aether storms; even the air can kill you. However, she soon discovers that she can breathe the outside air without fatal harm, though she has little other means of surviving in the savage land. Then she meets an Outsider named Perry, Aria eventually realizes that he is her only chance for survival. Despite his reluctance to help a sheltered girl from Reverie, Perry knows that Aria has the potential to help him redeem himself. The two must learn how to work together if they are to survive in this new dangerous world.

Characters

 * Aria Kittredge: An seventeen-year-old "dweller" who is banished from her home and sent out into the outside world.
 * Peregrine "Perry" Murine: An eighteen-year-old boy who lives in one of the tribes that inhabit the outside world.
 * Roar Smith: Also a member of Perry's tribe as well as his best friend. Was in a relationship with Olivia before she left.
 * Olivia "Liv" Murine : Perry's sister, is in a relationship with Roar before she is married off to the leader of another tribe in return for food.
 * Cinder: A young boy from Perry's tribe who has a mysterious connection to Aria.

Reception
Critical reception for Under the Never Sky has been positive. Common elements of the novel that received praise were the novel's "hopeful ending" and "smooth prose".

Sequels
"Through The Ever Night" is the sequel to this book and the second installment in the series.

"Into The Still Blue" is the third installment of the series.

Spin-offs
Rossi has also written two other Under the Never Sky stories, Roar and Liv and Brooke, both focused on the respective characters mentioned in their titles and further developing those characters.

Adaptations
Rossi posted in March 2016 to her facebook fan page that a "terrific production company" has the rights to a film adaptation of the book and is working on a script.