14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when Dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a secret subterranean society. The Colony has existed unchanged for a century, but it's no benign time capsule of a bygone era--because the Colony is ruled by a cultlike overclass, the Styx. Before long--before he can find his father--Will is their prisoner.... 14歲的威爾·伯羅斯和他有些怪異的家庭大相徑庭。 事實上,他和他古怪的父親唯一擁有的共同興趣就是對考古發(fā)掘的熱情。 當他爸爸神秘消失的時候,威爾被迫去發(fā)掘父親消失背后的真相。 他發(fā)掘出了一個難以置信秘密的地下社會,殖民統(tǒng)治存在了數個世紀且未曾改變。這并不是一個過去的時間膠囊,因為殖民統(tǒng)治者是如同神一般的上層階級Styx。 在威爾發(fā)現這些之前以及找到自己父親之前,他只是斯提克斯的階下囚……14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when Dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a secret subterranean society. The Colony has existed unchanged for a century, but it's no benign time capsule of a bygone era--because the Colony is ruled by a cultlike overclass, the Styx. Before long--before he can find his father--Will is their prisoner.... 14歲的威爾·伯羅斯和他有些怪異的家庭大相徑庭。 事實上,他和他古怪的父親唯一擁有的共同興趣就是對考古發(fā)掘的熱情。 當他爸爸神秘消失的時候,威爾被迫去發(fā)掘父親消失背后的真相。 他發(fā)掘出了一個難以置信秘密的地下社會,殖民統(tǒng)治存在了數個世紀且未曾改變。這并不是一個過去的時間膠囊,因為殖民統(tǒng)治者是如同神一般的上層階級Styx。 在威爾發(fā)現這些之前以及找到自己父親之前,他只是斯提克斯的階下囚……