In this seventh installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies work to prevent a dangerous criminal from escaping prison in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Charlie Thorne. The City Spies are ready to start fresh with a new home, new schools, and a new directive now that Clementine has come in from the cold and Le Fantôme has been put behind bars. But their plans are put into jeopardy when Umbra threatens to attack multiple high-level targets across Europe unless he is released from prison. With intel leading them to Rome, Paris, London, and Amsterdam, the City Spies split up and race across the continent solving codes and chasing clues in an effort to thwart the attacks. With so many moving parts, the City Spies are going to have pull out all the stops if they have any chance to succeed at this latest mission. James Ponti is the award-winning author of three middle-grade book series, City Spies, Framed, and Dead City. He is also an Emmy-nominated television writer and producer who has work for many networks, including Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, PBS, the History Channel, Spike TV, and the Golf Channel. He was born in Pisa, Italy, grew up in Florida, and went to school in California.