No child should ever be a soldier. Jon Moore knew that better than most,
having learned to fight to survive before he'd hit puberty. So when a
former comrade, Alissa Lim, asks for his help in rescuing a group of
children pressed into service by rebels on a planet no one cares to
save, he agrees. Only later does he realize he's signed up to do far
more than he'd ever imagined.
Jon's commitment hurtles him and Lobo, the hyper-intelligent assault
vehicle who is his only real friend, into confrontations with the
horrors the children have experienced and with a dark chapter from his
past. The mission grows ever more complicated as they deal with:
An assault on a rebel fortress deep in the jungle
A government whose full agenda is never clear
A woman Jon once loved and who still loves him--but who will sacrifice
anything for her cause
The best con man they've ever known
And, toughest of all, their own demons, as we learn for the first time
what happened after his home planet's government yanked Jon's sister out
of his life.
Jon and Lobo rush straight into the darkness at the heart of humanity to
save a group of child soldiers--and then face an even tougher challenge:
When we've trained our children to kill, what do we do with them when
the fighting is over? Because the plight of these children is so near to
the author, he is donating 100% of his hardback proceeds (including his
advance) to a non-profit that helps to reintegrate children soldiers in
the Congo. For every hardback book that sells, Falling Whistles will
get a donation from the author. (www.fallingwhistles.com). For more
details, please see www.childrennomore.com
