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National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby returns with the middle chapter in her epic alternate-history adventure—a journey that will test Tess, Theo, and Jaime and change their lives forever.It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs' cipher further than anyone had in its century-and a-half history—and destroyed their beloved home in the process.But the Old York Cipher still isn't solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want to discover what lies at the end of the puzzle laid into the buildings of New York by its brilliant, enigmatic architects, they will need to press on.But doing so could prove even more dangerous than they know. It is clear that the Morningstarr twins marshaled all the strange technology they had spent their lives creating in the construction of the Cipher, and that technology has its own plans for those who pursue it.It's also clear that Tess, Theo, and Jaime are not the only ones on the trail of the treasure. As enemies both known and unknown close in on them from all sides and the very foundations of the city seem to crumble around them, they will have to ask themselves how far they will go to change the unchangeable—and whether the price of knowing the secrets of the Morningstarrs is one they are willing to pay.Puzzles and Ciphers: The Old York Cipher is far from solved, and the next clue sends Tess, Theo, and Jaime on a new quest through the city’s hidden history.Kid Detectives: As new enemies close in from all sides, the three friends must rely on their wits and bravery to stay one step ahead of those who want the Morningstarrs’ secrets for themselves.Steampunk Fantasy: Discover an alternate New York City, where mechanical ants pull carriages through secret tunnels and strange technology has a will of its own.Teamwork and Friendship: Still reeling from the destruction of their home, the Biedermann twins and Jaime Cruz must trust each other more than ever to solve a mystery that could change their world forever.

The thrilling conclusion totwo-time National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby’s epic adventure through thestreets of an alternate New York City.It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, TheoBiedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past,managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in theMorningstarr cipher—and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about theirown connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma. Now the friends are divided. Tess and Theo have no idea whatthe photo they found in Greenwood Cemetery means, but Jaime is convinced thatthey do, and that they’ve been keeping their own secrets from him. As the citycontinues to break around them, suddenly solving the greatest mystery of themodern world seems less important than saving their own friendship.The stakes of completing the cipher, however, have neverbeen higher. Darnell Slant, real estate developer and owner of all the Morningstarrbuildings, knows that they hold one last secret: a power that even theMorningstarrs themselves never revealed. The world has rested on a precariousbalance of power for generations; now Slant and his shadowy business partnersaim to unbalance it. It’s up to Tess, Theo, and Jaime to uncover theMorningstarrs’ final mystery in a desperate attempt to set things right. Theworld—theirs, and possibly others—depends on it.