Set in the near future, this action-packed YA novel--already optioned
by Sony Pictures--will take readers out of this world and on a quest to
become one of six teens sent on a mission to Jupiter's moon. This is the
next must-read for fans of Illuminae and *The Martian.
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When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with twenty-two of the world's
brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their
lives are forever changed. Overnight, they become global celebrities in
contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa--Jupiter's
moon--and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. With
Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their
shoulders.
For Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, this kind of purpose is a
reason to go on after losing his family. But Naomi, an Iranian-American
science genius, is suspicious of the ISTC and the fact that a similar
mission failed under mysterious circumstances, killing the astronauts
onboard. She fears something equally sinister awaiting the Final Six
beneath Europa's surface.
In this cutthroat atmosphere, surrounded by strangers from around the
world, Naomi finds an unexpected friend in Leo. As the training tests
their limits, Naomi and Leo's relationship deepens with each
life-altering experience they encounter.
But it's only when the finalists become fewer and their destinies grow
nearer that the two can fathom the full weight of everything at stake:
the world, the stars, and their lives.
