A creative afterlife trilogy set in Everlost, the world between life and death where children who don't reach the light are stranded. The series follows Nick and Allie as they navigate the dangers of this in-between world, explore the ability to 'skinjack' or possess the living, and face characters with dangerous ambitions for controlling Everlost, all rendered with Shusterman's signature dark inventiveness.
Nick and Allie die in a car accident and wake up in Everlost—a world between life and death where children who don't make it to the light are stranded—and must navigate the dangers of this in-between world while seeking a way to complete their journey. A creatively imagined afterlife adventure with a darkly comic sensibility and real emotional depth. The first book in the Skinjacker trilogy.
Six months after the events of Everlost, the world of the dead continues to shift as new factions form, Allie explores her skinjacking abilities, and the afterlife's equilibrium is threatened by characters with dangerous ambitions. A rich and inventive middle volume that deepens the mythology while raising the moral complexity.
The Skinjacker trilogy concludes with an all-out conflict for the fate of Everlost and the living world alike, bringing all threads to a satisfying and emotionally costly resolution. Shusterman's willingness to pay real narrative costs is on full display in this finale.