Tenley "Ten" Lockwood has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. She's earned her rep as the craziest of crazies, but that doesn't stop the torture. Ten can leave, but only if she allows her parents to choose where she'll live—after she dies. There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death. In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad, longtime enemies and deadly rivals. Both will do anything to recruit Ten, including sending their top Laborers to lure her to their side. Soon, Ten finds herself on the run, caught in a wild tug-of-war between the boy she's falling for and the realm she wants to support. Who will she choose? Can she stay alive long enough to make a decision?


婒莉．賴伍德過去十三個月都被關在普萊尼庇護之地（Prynne Asylum），大家都叫她「婒」，她是瘋子中狀況最為嚴重的，但並沒有因此逃過折磨。婒若想離開，就必須讓爸媽選擇她死後生活的地方。世人都越來越能接受一個永恆事實：第一世只是預演，真正的人生死後才開始。在永生當中，催伊卡和米瑞依德是兩個掌有大權的世界，兩者是宿敵，也是可怕的對手，他們都將想盡辦法拉攏婒，像是派遣他們頂尖的拉波爾（Laborer）去引誘她。不久之後，婒發現自己必須躲躲藏藏，且深陷在一場激烈的拉鋸戰之中，一邊是她心愛的男孩；一邊是她嚮往的世界，婒會如何選擇？她又能活到那個時候嗎？