Annals of Altair

Dreamer, machinist, sweet-talker, enigmaWhen four gifted children escape from the government-run Prometheus Institute, it's up to their classmate, 10-year-old Oliver Dunn, to bring them back. Unfortunately for him, Hawk, Hummer, Honey, and Happy West did not leave on a whim, and they have no intention of returning quietly.With the help of the powerful Government-Civilian Alliance, Oliver and his handler Emily must track down the truants before they can wreak havoc across the southwestern United States.Submit now, dear children. The state demands it.

Ten years old and in disgraceA twist in fortune has landed Oliver Dunn and his handler Emily at the Prometheus Institute's F Campus, where aspiring delinquents and bureaucratic red tape abound. Meanwhile, Oliver's sworn enemies, Hawk, Hummer, Honey, and Happy West, continue to chase rumors of the mysterious Altair, much to the ire of the government.When a stringent military general decides to end the Wests' mischief once and for all, Oliver is again enlisted to help. Together with a disgruntled classmate, a charming news reporter, and a know-it-all administrative assistant, Oliver must outsmart the Wests to restore order and his tarnished reputation in this follow-up adventure to A Boy Called Hawk.

Dead at Fifteen Oliver Dunn's life is officially over. Pulled from his bed in the black of night, he's headed for the Prometheus Institute's mysterious shadow campus, where anomalies like him vanish forever.But no sooner does he leave Prom-F than the school descends into chaos. The student body revolts, classmates make a break for freedom, and one silent, powerful projector among them corrals the adults into a hive-minded collective of slaves.Yanked back from his impending doom, Oliver's mere presence restores order. The Prometheus heads demand that he ferret out the rogue projector, but he'd rather die than cooperate.His life is already over. They can't threaten him with any fate worse than his own. But they can threaten the one person in the world he actually cares about: his former handler, Emily Brent.