Publisher's Synopsis
Atlas Spektor, sarcastic child prodigy who only thinks in pictures, has been genetically engineered in a lab as part of a confidential government project.
His parents have signed a draconian contract with the ruthless agency behind the project, which prohibits them from revealing the details of Atlas's origin to anyone, including Atlas himself. Now, at the tender age of ten, Atlas is forced to attend Openmind, a faraway boarding school that has been especially developed for the gifted children from the project. Atlas must leave behind everything and everyone that he has ever loved, and his safe world shatters into pieces. In Openmind, Atlas is isolated from the outside world, with only his brilliant, yet eccentric, schoolmates for company. Soon, strange things start happening to him, which compel Atlas and his new friends to search for answers. Their quest for the truth unravels the mind-blowing reason behind the children's creation, and the incredible scientific breakthrough that has led to their origin project. A breakthrough that is going to completely transform our understanding of how the human brain works. Yet, they also come to learn that their creation comes with an impending death sentence, since their mere existence poses a threat to national security, and their time is running out. With only their incredible brains at their disposal, they must race to save their lives and defeat the all-powerful government agency that created them-or die trying.
