Forget the lottery.
Teenager Charlie Newell has just discovered something that will make him and his friends billionaires. What if a world existed in which no humans ever evolved? No cities. No pollution. No laws. A fantastic world filled with unimaginable riches in which everything—everything—was yours just for the taking?
Charlie has found that world. And he plans to use it to make him and his friends rich.
There is a problem: How do you keep something this big a secret?
Honors and Praise
An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
Winner of the Hal Clement Young Adult Award for Science Fiction
Prometheus Award Nominee
“A splendid adventure. Solidly plotted with above-average characters.” —Kirkus
“More than a few surprising plot developments make for compelling reading.” —Booklist
“Rousing fun.”—San Franciso Chronicle
