The exciting sequel to The Vanishing Planet... With the ring of a bell, Laura's world turns upside down. Her family is adopting. The new siblings send a shockwave through Laura's world. Jack Sledgehammer even invades her imagination. Is he an ally or will he join forces with the neighbor boy - the strange one she calls 'Emperor John'? Inside Laura's imagination, the Emperor holds Frank's planet in bondage, locked in a massive blockade of spaceships. If Frank and Laura can get their fleet on the planet, will their small Resistance be enough to free Frank's people?