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Danny Lipman, a petty thief, accidentally breaks into the headquarters of the Shadow Project, a covert government agency that trains teenage spies to leave their bodies and travel the world through astral projection. Captured, Danny discovers he possesses a rare gift that the Project recognizes. When the director’s daughter, Opal, goes missing, Danny is offered a stark choice: join the Shadow Project or face imprisonment. Accepting, he is sent on a mission to investigate the organization’s current target—a global terrorist group called the Sword of Wrath. As he delves deeper, Danny learns that both the Project and the Sword of Wrath conceal deeper, supernatural secrets. Together with his fellow operatives, he must navigate a world where space and time have no limits, and every decision could be life‑or‑death.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Herbie Brennan
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