ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇꜱ

On the overgrown, dying planet of Virelia, the poor are forced into a brutal tradition: a deadly game of hide-and-seek known only as The Hunt. At seventeen, every child from The Trunk-the moss-covered ruins where the forgotten live-is thrown into the wilderness to survive. Only ten will walk away.

Elex Virex has spent his whole life preparing for this moment. Not to win-but to keep his best friend Liora alive. In a world ruled by a glittering elite known as The Leaves, survival is the only act of rebellion left.

But as secrets unravel, alliances shift, and the lines between hunter and hunted blur, Elex begins to question everything-especially when survival may come at the cost of his own humanity.

Because in this world, being found isn't the end.

It's only the beginning.