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*Earth is a Fairy Tale...
No human alive...no human for at least the last 500 years, has seen the fabled "Earth" in person. Legend tells, it was taken from us, stolen by THE HIDDEN--a deadly race from beyond the galaxy who "moved the stars themselves" to hide our home.
NOW, the I.S.V. MERCURY, an independant Science Vessel, explores the cosmos, free from the watchful eyes of both the overbearing SCIENCE COUNCIL and the nefarious UNITED ARMADA war machine. And whatever the scientists aboard have been working on, they don't want anyone knowing...not even their children.
Enter the MERCURY SIX--Ben, Alyssa, Smack, Cody, Trin and little Daniella--who return from a supply run to find the ship adrift, and their parents are missing! The quest to peice their family back together will take them to the edge of known space and back, with the Armada, the Council and alien Space Pirates, all in hot pursuit. *Source: back of the book