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In February, the secrecy lifts on the Seven Wonders. It’s a tale of adventure, sacrifice, and friendship. Of awesome mysteries locked away for centuries. Of prehistoric beasts and burping barefoot giants. Of an ordinary thirteen-year-old kid named Jack McKinley, captured and taken to a hidden place dedicated to the study of … him. You see, Jack is one of only four people who possess unearthly powers—powers that will kill them. To stay alive, these four friends must embark on a dangerous quest for the secrets of a lost civilization. The secrets they find may save them, but at a cost—the destruction of the world.

Book 1, The Colossus Rises, drops at midnight on February 5. So what is this?

Well, first of all, the Seven Wonders series takes place now, with kids who might be your best friends. But recently, while working on the series, I read a document that made my blood race—a personal journal from Burt Wenders, son of Herman Wenders, the famed archaeologist. What does it have to do with the epic? An insane amount. After a high-level meeting in midtown Manhattan, and at some risk of personal danger, I have arranged for it to be released now. Before publication of Book 1.

The events in Burt’s journal occur more than a century before The Colossus Rises. The tale is amazing in itself. But more importantly, those who read it will have the inside track on everyone else. You’ll learn some deep secrets—secrets some people might not want you to know.

A discovery like this is too big to hold back. February, I’m afraid, is a long time to wait.

The world won’t, so why should you?

—PL