The Planet Thieves

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The Planet Thieves is the first thrilling installment of a middle-grade series by Dan Krokos.

Two weeks ago, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and seventeen of his fellow cadets from the Academy for Earth Space Command boarded the SS Egypt. The trip was supposed to be a short routine voyage to log their required space time for summer quarter.

But routine goes out the airlock when they're attacked by the Tremist, an alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years.

With the captain and crew dead, injured, or taken prisoner, Mason and the cadets are all that's left to warn the ESC. And soon they find out exactly why the Tremist chose this ship to attack: the Egypt is carrying a weapon that could change the war forever.

Now Mason will have to lead the cadets in a daring assault to take back the ship, rescue the survivors, and recover the weapon—before there isn't a war left to fight.

Critics Review

u201cMoves at warp speed, a riveting story with characters so finely drawn that I wonder if Dan Krokos actually is an alien.u201d

Eoin Colfer, New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series

u201cExciting, kinetic, and very visualu2014my favorite kind of book, a vivid movie in the readeru2019s head, with some terrific special effects and characters to root for all the way. Iu2019m dying to know whatu2019s next for Mason and Merrinu2014not to mention ESC and the sinister but complex Tremist.u201d

Gillian Philip, writing as New York Times bestselling author Erin Hunter of the Survivor series

u201cKrokos launches this series with skill and purpose, immediatelyn placing readers in the action and never slowing down. The intriguing nconcept, intense sense of adventure, and high stakes are more than nenough to let readers look past the coincidences that help drive the nstory.u201d    

Publishers Weekly

u201cEnjoyable.u201d

Kirkus Reviews

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