Okay, you've read the one about the girl who falls down the rabbit hole and finds some wacky characters, right? Well, this time it's a boy and his sister who slide down a laundry chute in their New York City apartment and find themselves in a sinister world filled with cockroaches, giant spiders and rats. Taken to the Queen of the Underlander humans, Gregor finds himself in the middle of a prophecy, with the task of protecting his sister and the possibility of find his missing father. Action and adventure mixed with some suspense.