For as long as Tessa can remember her country has been at war. When a local boy, a neighbor of Tessa's, is to receive a medal for courage, he rejects it even as it is about to placed around his neck as he stands onstage before an auditorium filled with people. Responding to knocks on her wall, Tessa smuggles a computer to him and he shows her what the has done. He has killed 1632 people. He decides to fly to enemy territory and apologize. Tessa stows away aboard the plane. They encounter no enemy but see the Mighty Mysip River and the Santl Arch - one of the enemies monuments. Their plane runs out of fuel and lands in Shargo, the largest city in the war zone with 9 million people who hate them. Tessa, Gideon, and Dek are the only ones who know the truth...can they end the war? This is a riveting story of courage, hope, kindness, and human nature, as two super computers dictate the fate of man.
"A hero wants to find the truth...when he thinks he's done something awful, he wants to do everything in his power to make it right."
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