Tommy has everything a boy could wish for - loving parents, lots of friends, regular access to all his favourite foods . . . until a terrible accident leaves him disfigured. Running away from a world that is repelled by his ugliness, Tommy stumbles to the scene of the accident and is befriended by a strange community of beings, living deep inside the earth. Through their friendship, Tommy slowly learns to ignore his physical appearance and to reclaim his life. But the search for the missing Tommy leads to disaster for his new friends and their future on earth, leading to a tense, thrilling...