Mom wants Jak to sell her robotic servant, Cow, for scrap, but Jak strikes up a bargian with the scrap collector: if Jak and Cow can visit the Cloud Kingdom and get hold of some magic nano-beans, Jak can keep Cow safe and sound. But what they find in space is anything but safe...

Carl Bowen's novel, Shadow Squadron: Elite Infantry, earned a starred review from Kirkus. He lives in Lawrenceville, Georgia.