This is the beginning of the sixth and final adventure of Anthony, the boy who lives two lives. One on Earth, and one somewhere out there in the vastness of space, where he is a magical robot. It hurls you into a completely new universe. Fantastic, and painted in colors no eye has ever beheld before. Book 1: It is an old truth that sometimes things can turn out even worse than you could ever have feared. Not only are Sims and Broms on their way to Chotatyl to experience the apparently Great Adventure, which is actually only the promise of a cruel death, but suddenly Anthony is also faced with the choice before the Grand Commission in Ibalon Town Hall: becoming a Gray Guard or being shut down forever under terrible torture. Which, of course, is anything but a choice. And only the fact that Mathilda begins to dream on the other side of his being, namely that she is a fighter, manages to spread something like optimism. Even if only briefly, because just a few weeks later she is back in the hospital, fighting for her life. The doctors say the odds are ten to one against her. A modern fairy tale for all those who remain young at heart, believe in the great power of friendship, and that a soul is always beautiful. No matter in which chest it loves and lives. "A book no AI could ever write, simply because it speaks the truth." (Ibalon Daily Observer) "Fantasy for all those who once stood abandoned at a train station. To take them by the hand and lead them into a new adventure. No less enchanting and exciting, precisely because they are now grown." (A critic)
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