We didn’t just leave Serenity we escaped from it on a speeding truck. Malik isn’t even exaggerating about the blasted out part. Kindergarten is like NYC compared to where we just blasted out of. You guys are such suckers! It’s like you just graduated kindergarten yesterday. Not good enough, Randy cackles, revealing his own hand: three sixes. With a plastic knife, I saw off a piece of my own burger and place it in the Styrofoam takeout container that’s serving as the pot. But by then you’ll have won it all.Īnd if I’m in a good mood, I might even consider sharing it with you. When the game’s over it can be food again. If we eat it now, we’ve got nothing to bet with. It’s not food, it’s our stakes, Randy insists. 'You’re supposed to say I fold,' Randy corrects. The third player, Malik Bruder, tosses his cards on the carpet. He’s from Serenity, too, but he’s been here in the real world for a couple of months already, so he knows a lot more than I do about things like poker. Trust me, that’s far from the weirdest thing about the place.Ĭome on, Eli. I’m from Serenity, New Mexico, where nobody plays poker because it’s gambling. Then again, I only learned the rules of poker twenty minutes ago. I’ve got a pair of kings and a pair of eights. I see your taco and raise you half a cheeseburger. On a breakneck journey from Jackson Hole to a maximum security prison-Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik will stop at nothing to take Project Osiris down. Hammerstrom-and trapped in Serenity for good. And the wrong move could send them right back into the arms of Dr. What they discover will change everything, leading them straight into the Plastic Works and the heart of the experiment, in order to uncover the deadly criminals they’re cloned from-and any evidence that will convince the outside world to believe the truth.īut the outside world isn’t exactly what they expected-strangers aren’t just unfriendly, they’re dangerous. Evading capture by breaking laws and sneaking into houses, hotels, buses, and cars-are they becoming the criminals they were destined to be? They decide to track down Tamara Dunleavy, the mysterious billionaire and founder of Project Osiris.

The clones of Project Osiris are free-but they’re being hunted. After their narrow escape from their “perfect” hometown, Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik are finally in the real world and determined to expose the leaders of Serenity. Stranger Things fans, don't miss this trilogy! The second book in the acclaimed, action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman. 'A terrific page-turner, full of unexpected twists and revelations.

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