His father has been lying about many things, and Eli starts to question everything, which is a dangerous thing when you are dealing with someone who may well be psychotic. Problems are growing steadily worse in the Compound, as the food supply isn't lasting as long as his father had predicted, and Eli realizes his father may not be sane any more. Eli's twin brother and grandmother were tragically left outside and locked out, and Eli believes that they are both dead.
Eli's father is just such a man, and Eli has been locked in the Compound for 6 years with his parents, sisters, and new siblings born after the family was locked underground. It's got everything you can possibly ever want, and is a self-sufficient place made to last 15 years - including a time-release lock on the main exit hatch that won't open for 15 years once locked. Imagine this: your dad is a Bill-Gates kind of billionaire, and he has decided to build an underground fortress to protect your family in case of nuclear attack. The book is a fast read, although some aspects are a little creepy such as the father's plan to use his extra children, who he calls supplements, like livestock if they are facing starvation. Eli finds out that there really wasn't a nuclear attack, his grandma, dog and brother are not dead, and that their father appears to have lost his mind. He accidentally connects to the Internet which shouldn't exist, and within minutes he's talking to Eddy. When he finally works up the courage to go into Eddy's unused room, he finds a computer that the two of them got when they were nine. However, when Eli is fifteen, after they've been in the compound for six years, he starts to dlscover things that don't seem quite right. The family is sealed into the compound for 15 years, which is the length of time it will take for the nuclear fallout to dissipate. It is then that the father discovers that the grandmother and Eddy didn't make it. He shoves everyone into a hole in the ground which leads to a secret compound he has constructed. The country is under a nuclear attack, but he has made provisions for their safety. Eddy crawls into his grandma's car that night, but later that night their dad takes off in the RV. He does that so Eddy won't be there the next day when they get to ride in their multi millionaire dad's new plane.
The night before their ninth birthday, Eli tricks Eddy into hiding in his grandma's truck when she goes back to the house.
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