Fact: Ember and Ness are best friends. There's nothing more to say about it. It is what it is and will always be. Then Ness dies. It is sudden and unexpected, leaving Ember completely empty. How can this be? When Ember finds a way into the Afterworld, she is determined to bring Ness back. Because that's what friends do, isn't it? They rescue each other, help one another, and never give up. Ember and Ness. That doesn't change. A powerful, poignant, darkly comic, and deeply moving story about friendship at its most extraordinary.