"Journey through a perilous, tech-infused underworld in a thrilling adventure so vividly realized it will haunt your dreams." –Nina Berry, author of OtherkinIn The White Oak, the first book in the Imperfect Darkness series, Cora Alexander is pulled through a sinkhole and enters the underworld still alive. Her presence threatens the tyrannical rule of Minos and the Infernal Judges who have hijacked the afterlife and rebuilt it, trapping human souls in a computer-controlled city that lies at the core of the earth. To survive, Cora must rely on Minotaur, an artificial intelligence; Sybil, underworld librarian and author of each person’s book of life; and Lucas, her twin brother, a genius programmer who alone is capable of finding the chink in Minos's armor. This fast-paced adventure begins, and ends, in the middle of the action, introducing the characters, themes, and mysteries that find their resolution later in the series.