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ThingshavechangedforAtticusHigginbottom.AfterthenearcatastropheintheFourthReality,Tick’sbeinghomeschooledinthefieldsofscience,tryingtomasterthemysteriousChi’karda.Butjustashebeginstomakeprogress,MistressJanereappears,nowhideouslyscarredandmuchmorepowerful.Shehastappedintotheuniverse’sdarkestsecrettocreatetheBladeofShatteredHope,andinherquesttoattainaUtopianRealityforthefutureofmankind,she’sreadytoriskbillionsoflives—includingthoseofTick’sparentsandsisters—tosetherplaninmotion.HervengeanceknowsnoboundsandwhenrumorsbegintocirculateaboutthesecretscientificexperimentstakingplaceattheFactory,Tickandhisfriends—Sato,Sofia,andPaul—arefacedwiththeirmostdangeroustaskyet.Andtheymustnotfail;foriftheydo,theentireuniversecouldceasetoexist.