In a future world of algae diets, sour seas, and oxygen deficiency, a high school boy's search for his missing family leads him into dangerous trouble with the authorities.
A 17-year-old lying in a hospital bed wonders if he has a brain tumor or is suffering from hallucinations. The truth is startling and incredible and, most of all, dangerous.
Alternate chapters describe the experiences of eighteen-year-old twins, separated by an error in an English training camp, who both meet their first taste of World War II military activity in the Battle of the Bulge.
When his father leaves home without explanation, Eric tracks him by boat for one thousand miles along the Baja coast. By the time the two finally confront one another, they both know what they want.
Alternate chapters describe the experiences of eighteen-year-old twins, separated by an error in an English training camp, who both meet their first taste of World War II military activity in the Battle of the Bulge.
Sissy is deeply involved in the competition between two gymnastics schools while worrying about her father's trying to save an old and historical hotel.