On his way to dinner with his fianc? Richard Mayhew sees a wounded girl on the sidewalk, and his efforts to help her will end the life he knows. The next morning he is a cipher, erased from existence and consigned to a subterranean world of danger and shadows. One of the most acclaimed fantasy novels in recent years, Neverwhere was originally a six-part BBC television series. Rarely seen since its initial broadcast, this visionary tale was the first story written directly for the screen by Neil Gaiman, the prolific genius behind DC Comics' The Sandman series and the best-selling novel American Gods.