Memo and theLost Worlds

In the Concord, a city of living crystal, everyone has a memo, a small crystal mind that answers every question, and the great Mother Memo runs almost everything. Charlie Lares wants the whole city to know his name. So when Speaker Vane unveils a new Engine that can open a door to anywhere, Charlie pushes to be the first child through.

The Engine tears open. Charlie and Memo, the family's memo, fall onto a gray, unfinished world with an orange sun and no way home, while the Mother Memo tells the city that all is well.

To bring her brother back, Gracie must break the rules, trust a far world boy who reads the stars, and do the one thing she hates most: ask for help. Someone she loves will pay for it.

For one breath, every Gate in the Concord went dark. Then the light came back, but the tear in the sky is wider, and every night it doubles. The kiosks sputter, the food runs late, and Speaker Vane is building a ring bigger than any Engine.

Zeke is gone with his tool belt and a note: keep everyone together. Gracie and the Weavers she taught in secret have one way out, a last Gate to a young, wild world across the dark. Charlie has no glove now, only his hands, his jokes and a promise to a friend he lost.

To bring the families through, someone has to hold the near side of the door. And the Lares family will have to decide what they can carry when they cannot keep their world.