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In the middle of the night, Pat is woken up by Kate, who is living with the Community. Kate tells Pat about the Pod, an evil group of underground cannibals who can see in complete darkness. Kate asks Pat if he would help free Coop from the Deep. So, the two characters venture out to do a rescue mission.

Posty introduces Pat to the group of underground dwellers, who are also know as "The Community". They hide themselves from the real world. The leader, a woman named May, tells Pat that his brother hasn't been seen and has gone to the Deep, a darker underground area where light doesn't shine.

Pat is introduced to the man who accessed Coop's mail. His name is Posty, who works at the bank. Posty then tells Pat that there is a community of people of live underground of New York. He says they work in specialized jobs.

The books starts out introducing the main characters, "Pat" O'Toole who's brother, Coop, vanished without a trace. Pat is worried and is hoping to find him, but before the incident, they were digging tunnels behind their house for fun. Then on one day, Coop struck the wall of dirt, but turned out to be a gas line, and the whole tunnel collapsed.