After sabotaging a mass kidnapping in Paris, Lucas Benes faces a new and perilous threat from Siba Gunerro and her anything-but-good Good Company. When a briefcase-toting kid from the Falkland Islands joins the New Resistance, 14-year-old Lucas learns the truth about his mother and becomes a boy on a mission. Lucas and friends speed in and around Rome - from the Colosseum to the Vatican - until they stowaway on a cargo ship carrying diamonds that could unlock the secret to Lucas's past and destroy the Good Company's future. In this action-packed second installment of the Crime Travelers series, author Paul Aertker takes readers on a gripping world tour filled with adrenaline, humor, and pure excitement. The underlying theme of the series is self-reliance in adverse international settings. This funny middle school series with short chapters is perfect for summer reading lists. Parents, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the worldwide geography and clean language. For boys, girls, and u0026 adults who may sometimes act like children themselves. 😉