Book Two in the Ryan Quinn Adventures
(HarperCollins, Fall 2017)

Ryan Quinn and his friends are off on another exciting, globe-trotting adventure!

Having discovered his parents are part of the secret underground railroad known as the Emergency Rescue Committee, Ryan Quinn and his friends Danny and Kasey are disappointed to find themselves relegated to the sidelines by Ryan’s parents.

But when they help a young man whose wife has been abducted, Ryan and Danny get pulled into an adventure that leads them far from home. The man and woman were once a beloved rap/hip-hop duo in their home country of Lovanda, Africa, singing protest songs that inflamed the youth of the iron-fisted nation. Arrested and sentenced to death five years ago, they were ultimately saved by Ryan’s grandfather and the ERC in a daring escape.

Now, Ryan and Danny are off to Africa to rescue the performers once again. The boys are on their own without cell phones or outside help as they navigate a game preserve where they run into an angry rhino and some deadly poachers. But the deadliest enemy they face is Madame Buku, a woman of immense wealth who rules from the shadows. Along the way, the boys’ friendship is tested as they work together to pull off a heroic rescue in a dangerous country.

Back in New York, events are just as perilous as Kasey helps Ryan’s parents uncover a spy within the ERC. With lives hanging in the balance, Kasey must overcome her self-doubts to stop a greedy mercenary from selling the ERC’s most closely-guarded secrets to the highest bidder.

There’s never a dull moment as Ryan and his friends face greater dangers and more menacing foes than ever before.