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When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, and cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it, until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance.

For generations, rats have run the mice out of whatever lands they've claimed, keeping them constantly on the move. But now the mice are disappearing, and the young queen Luxa, who credits them with saving her life, is determined to find out why. Gregor joins her on a fact-finding mission, and when the true fate of the mice is revealed, it is something far more sinister than Gregor or Luxa have imagined.

Gregor is summoned back to the Underland by the terms of a second prophecy. Spies have reported the sighting of a Rat King, a character who has been legendary since the Middle Ages. Recognizable by its tremendous size and snow-white coat, the Rat King is destined to bring a World War to the Underland. Gregor eventually comes face to face with the Rat King, and to his surprise, he finds he is unable to kill this creature. His heart tells him he's making the right decision.

Book two left off with Gregor reading the Prophecy of Blood: a prophecy that calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, Gregor's mother refuses to let Gregor return to the Underland...until the rat Ripred assures the family that Gregor and Boots are needed only for a short meeting, which the crawlers will attend only if their "princess" Boots is present.

Everyone has been trying to keep Gregor from seeing the final prophecy, The Prophecy of Time. It says something awful: It calls for the warrior’s death. The warrior being Gregor, of course. Now, an army of rats is quickly approaching and Gregor’s mom and little sister, Boots, are still in Regalia. The entire existence of the Underland is in Gregor’s hands and time is running out. There is a code that must be cracked, a new princess to contend with Gregor’s burgeoning dark side, and a war designed to end all wars.

Um. Um. Um. Are you reading this? If you are, I need your help. I was at a party; I was running; I fell. And get this - this is the part you'll never believe - I fell down a rabbit hole. Like Alice in those old books. Except in those books, there wasn't blood everywhere. In those books, the characters weren't all male, attractive, and interested in me.

In Underland, hope has nearly been extinguished. All things living and undead exist under the dominion of the Dark Lords, whose power is all but unlimited and whose evil is all but eternal. Sorcerer Valdemar Verney is not one of them. The last of his line, Valdemar has devoted himself to locating his grandfather’s realm, a legendary place called Earth, where there is air and vibrant life. His latest attempt to uncover the way to Earth is thwarted, however, when the cunning Dark Lord Och captures him—not to imprison him, but to nurture Valdemar’s talents for his own ends.

Long ago, before humans forgot them for all eternity, monsters and immortals retreated below ground to seek shelter. But what do the Greek gods do when they're bored? They bring back the Olympic Games - only a lethal version. The newest contender in these bigger, deadlier games is a young human girl they kidnapped from the streets above. For Kira Lier, it's kill or be killed as she races against beasts she thought were just myths, to cross the finish line and win a chance to earn her freedom.

Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about the intersections of the human and the natural realms. In Underland, he delivers his masterpiece: an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself.

Cuando Gregor sigue a su hermanita por el hueco de una rejilla, se introduce en las oscuras Tierras Bajas. Allí, los seres humanos conviven con arañas, murciélagos, cucarachas y ratas gigantes... Gregor no quiere meterse en conflictos con estas criaturas, pero cuando descubre que una extraña profecía le augura un papel protagonista en el incierto futuro de esas tierras, se da cuenta de que quizá sea el único modo de resolver el mayor misterio de su vida.

Todos los ratones están desapareciendo. Y la explicación es mucho más siniestra de lo que Luxa o Gregor podrían haber imaginado jamás, ya que indica el camino hacia la terrible Profecía Final. En este nuevo episodio de la saga, Gregor tendrá que demostrar su destreza como guerrero y sus habilidades como explorador de las Tierras Bajas.

Esta nueva aventura llevará a Gregor y Boots hasta las Tierras Bajas para luchar contra la gran plaga, como auguraba la Profecía de la Sangre. Sin embargo, por primera vez, su madre impone sus condiciones: los quiere acompañar en su peligroso viaje a la selva... ¿Conseguirán juntos acabar con la guerra biológica que amenaza a los sangrecaliente de las Tierras Bajas?

Now under the tutelage of a pair of dark lords, Valdemar Verney and his partner and bodyguard, Lady Reynard, have grown greatly in skill and power—he in sorcery and summoning, and she in blood and bone swordsmanship. Having faced the knowledge of his dark legacy, Valdemar is still struggling to find his way as well as solve the pan-dimensional mystery that seems to be guiding his destiny. When the Dark Lord Och decides to make a punitive strike against the demented, gore-drenched Derros, both Valdemar and Reynard are put to the test in mind, body, and soul.

Esta nueva aventura reúne a Gregor con su murciélago, Ares, con la princesa rebelde Luxa y con otros insólitos aliados. Todos juntos seguirán el peligroso y letal Canal en busca de una temible rata blanca, protagonista de la Segunda Profecía. Gregor tendrá que enfrentarse a la posibilidad de sufrir su mayor pérdida y tomar decisiones sobre la vida y la muerte que determinarán el futuro de las Tierras Bajas.

Der Fluch, die weiße Ratte, will zum letzten, vernichtenden Schlag gegen das Unterland ausholen. Fieberhaft versuchen Gregor und seine Freunde, den Code zu knacken, mit dem die Ratten sich verständigen. Denn nur dann wird es Gregor gelingen, das Land und mit ihm Luxa, die er liebt, zu retten. Das Finale: Gregor, der Retter! Nachschub für alle Unterland-Fans. Aufwendige szenische Lesung mit Musik und mehr als 20 Sprechern.

Todo el mundo intenta evitar que Gregor vea la Profecía Final, ya que habla de algo horrible: anuncia la muerte de un guerrero. Toda la existencia de las Tierras Bajas está en manos de Gregor, y el tiempo se agota. Tiene que descifrar un código, enfrentarse a la princesa, y controlar su lado oscuro para luchar en la guerra destinada a acabar con todas las guerras.

Rätselhafte Dinge geschehen im Unterland. Erst diese verschlüsselte Botschaft und dann das mysteriöse Verschwinden der Huscher. Gregor und seine Freunde machen sich große Sorgen um die Mäuse und wollen der Sache auf den Grund gehen. Doch das erweist sich sehr schnell als äußerst gefährlich. Auf ihrer Suche treffen sie nämlich nicht nur auf angriffslustige Riesenskorpione. Sie begegnen auch dem Fluch - jener Ratte, deren Leben Gregor damals aus Mitleid verschont hat.

Gregor fasst es nicht. Eben noch hat seine kleine Schwester Boots im Central Park gespielt und auf einmal ist sie verschwunden. Ein Riesenkakerlakenbein weist Gregor den Weg ins Unterland. Jenem Land unterhalb von New York, in das er nach seinem letzten Abenteuer auf gar keinen Fall mehr zurückkehren wollte. Aber im Unterland warten schon seine Fledermaus Ares, die rebellische Prinzessin Luxa und eine neue geheimnisvolle Prophezeiung auf ihn.

Wenn doch alles bloß ein Traum wäre. Nicht genug, dass Gregor und seine kleine Schwester durch den Lüftungsschacht des Wäschekellers in ein endlos scheinendes Nichts gefallen sind. Am Ende dieses Nichts steht auch noch ein riesiger sprechender Kakerlak. Sie sind im Unterland gelandet, einer eigenen Welt unterhalb von New York. Dort leben die Menschen in einem brüchigen Frieden mit Spinnen, Kakerlaken, Ratten und Fledermäusen.

Gregor ist in großer Sorge. Warum hört er nichts von seinen Freunden aus dem Unterland? Als er erfährt, dass die Pest ausgebrochen ist, kehrt er in die Tiefe zurück, denn nur er kann das Heilmittel finden, von dem die Prophezeiung spricht. Die Suche führt ihn, seine kleine Schwester Boots und die Gefährten mitten in einen unheimlichen Dschungel, in dem nicht nur lebendige Pflanzen auf sie lauern.