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Cruel world, dangerous secrets, and suspicious parents, what more could go wrong?
The Earth is hit with a meteorite shower throwing the civilized world into a dark age. The United States is reduced to small territories run by corporate rulers who enslave their residents in a cruel caste system of owners, managers, and laborers.
Connor is an undocumented genius living with his family on the bottom rung of society. He is secretly mentored by his grandad to fulfill a major role in the rebellion. The two share a love of the forbidden game of baseball, and Connor defines his life with its metaphoric sports challenges.
Though he is young, he understands his destiny involves more than sneaking in a game of catch or batting practice, but he is unaware what his part entails. Before Connor's training is complete, his grandad dies unexpectedly. Connor is devastated. The only person who knew him and his genetic heritage has been taken.
While grieving in his grandad’s room, he soon discovers he was involved with the underground, and now Connor has been thrown into that world of peril. Alone, he must solve the strange mysteries and the elusive clues as well as hide the dangerous items his grandad left behind.
Connor is finally free and safe in the sanctuary,
at least he thought he was.
Connor’s life as a Corporate slave in post-apocalyptic Denver is finally over. He is safe in the sanctuary city of New Haven. He is free to share his Highmind status and talk about the hidden art his grandad left in his charge.
His life is his own now that he relinquished his secret detective work to the town leaders. Now he is free to go to school, play baseball, and hang out with his friends.
But one after another, Connor uncovers secret messages left to him by his grandad. Messages the town leaders can’t decode without him. Once again, Connor must dive into the dangerous mysteries to prevent the Corporates from finding the sanctuary. And time is running out!
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