Publisher's Synopsis
Levi Martin was an average American guy who went off to college at S.U.N.Y., New Paltz with high hopes of becoming a geological engineer. Although ill-fated priorities and misguided goals destined him for academic failure, his heritage in the Martin Clan had prepared him for a different kind of life. His ability to think outside the box caught the attention of Dr. Elias Jefferson and soon Levi found himself training in the art of escape and elusion. Having been led to believe that he was becoming a star player in Jefferson's research project and new book on problem solving, the boy from Bodega, CA steadily proved himself worthy of recruitment into one of the most clandestine organizations on the planet. Lies, trickery, and deception were the hallmarks of every IPM operative. Levi demonstrated his talent as one of the best. His eventual questions led to the discovery that nobody named "Elias Jefferson" had ever existed. Where was the man from and what were his actual intentions? The Bodegan formulated a clever strategy, that would not only land him on the inside of the secretive front of the International Pen Manufacturing Company in Paramus, New Jersey, but that also would result in his foreign imprisonment on the opposite side of the planet his first semester before New Year's Eve. Trial by ordeal was the test of allegiance. Whose side was Levi Martin really on?
