Leo Fender is no stranger to catastrophe, whether itтАЩs the intergalactic war that took his motherтАЩs life or the ongoing fight for his own. HeтАЩs seen his planet plundered, his ship attacked, his father kidnapped, and his brother go missingтАФand found himself stranded on a ship with a bunch of mercenary space pirates.
Still, nothing could have prepared him for the moment he and the crew tried to save his father...and discovered a dark plot that could destroy hundreds of worlds in the blink of an eye.
Now Leo is adrift.┬аHis father has sent him on a mission with nothing but a data chip and a name of someone who could help, and Captain Bastian Black and the crew of the Icarus are determined to see this through to the end with Leo, to fulfill his fatherтАЩs wish and prevent further conflict.
But as Leo searches for answers, he canтАЩt help but wonder what it would take to end the war, to track down his father and brother and return to whatever home they have leftтАФand if the cost of doing so is one he would be able to pay.
John David Anderson is the author of more than a dozen acclaimed and beloved books for kids, including the New York Times Notable Book Ms. BixbyтАЩs Last Day, Posted, Granted, One Last Shot, Stowaway, The Greatest Kid in the World, Keep It Like a Secret, and many more. A dedicated root beer connoisseur and chocolate fiend, he lives with his wonderful wife, two frawesome kids, and a pair of mischievous kitties in Indianapolis, Indiana. You can visit him online at johndavidanderson.org.