About The Book

In this eighth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the spies head to the land down under as they race to stop a nefarious cybercriminal from wreaking havoc.

London’s not sure she made the right choice in joining the City Spies, but she doesn’t have time to reconsider as the team plunges into a mission that races from the ski slopes of Norway to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. They’ve been tasked with safeguarding a game-changing piece of high-tech hardware being developed by Britain’s top secret ARIA program. If it falls into the wrong hands, the consequences would be dire. But to protect it, the team has to outwit an unexpected team of rivals.

For the City Spies, this means trying to win a game without knowing all the players. For London, it requires putting aside her doubts and acting like a spy so she can figure out who she can trust and who is the enemy.

About The Author

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James Ponti is the New York Times bestselling author of four middle grade book series: The Sherlock Society following a group of young detectives; City Spies, about an unlikely squad of kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; the Edgar Award–winning Framed! series, about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC; and the Dead City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath Manhattan. His books have appeared on more than fifteen different state award lists, and he is the founder of a writers group known as the Renegades of Middle Grade. James is also an Emmy–nominated television writer and producer who has worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History, and Spike TV, as well as NBC Sports. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida. Find out more at JamesPonti.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Aladdin (February 9, 2027)
  • Length: 400 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781665960038
  • Ages: 8 - 12

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