Aertker, Paul

"Lucas Benes faces his greatest challenge yet when he finds a secret message from his mother hidden inside a sunken cargo container. In a near-death scuba diving experience, Lucas and the New Resistance kids learn that Good Company CEO Siba G?nerro--along with her newest and most beautiful Curukians--is planning a massive art heist. Lucas and friends scour the Spanish countryside looking for clues. But to unravel the mysteries of both the robbery and the cryptic message, Lucas must first discover the only thing is worth more than priceless"--Back cover.

"While sleeping on the roof of his father's hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Multilingual and already on his third passport, Lucas leads a network of international teenagers through the hotspots of Paris--from the catacombs to the Eiffel Tower--in an all-out effort to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into 'Good' kids."--Provided by publisher.

"Lucas has spent an exciting time in Paris preventing dirty deeds by Siba Gunerro and the Good Company. Now he is now on a mission to learn more about his mother and speeds to Rome with his friends. They stow away on a cargo ship carrying diamonds that may hold the secret of his past and could destroy the evil Good Company."--Provided by publisher.