Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

While Amy learns to adapt to life on Earth and deepens her friendship with Oliver, she decides to reach out to someone from her past.

"Amy struggles to adjust to her new life at the FCP, making new friends and reuniting with old ones, all the while haunted by the specters of the night before. Meanwhile, Cassie and Schafer begin to turn up new leads in the case, all the while unaware of the manipulations of mysterious National Security agent, James Silbur. And finally, the truth of Tammie s abduction is revealed to the world, in the newest volume of Stephen McCranie's Space Boy!"--...

"The origin of Space Boy revealed! Oliver is faced with the choice that will drive the course for the rest of his life, as the young boy needs to learn to cope with the new world around him. On top of that, the saga of the Arno and the mysterious Artifact continues, and the people on Earth struggle to find answers."--Back cover.

"To Amy, everyone has a flavor. For instance, Doctor Kim is like chamomile tea with lemon. Amy is finally feeling that she's made a true connection with the mysterious, flavorless Oliver, but their entire relationship is rattled--possibly forever. Amy struggles to come to terms with that friendship ending and reaches out to an old friend. She'll discover that the help of friends from all points of her life makes everything better."--Provided by publisher....

"To Amy, everyone has a flavor ... and when Dr. Kim's chamomile tea and lemon becomes sour with anxiety, it plunges Amy into a conspiracy and new questions about Oliver's identity!Life is changing quickly for Amy and her friends. A new romance blossoms between Tammie and Schaefer, and Zeph reveals his feelings for Amy. But when Amy discovers startling new information about Oliver and a mysterious military organization, it threatens to come crashing...

"Thanks to National Security agent, James Silber, the investigation of the Homecoming Incident is closing, but things don't add up. At least Tammie is back home safe--and relatively sound. She, along with Schafer and Cassie, are focusing on finding out what really happened to Amy at the Homecoming Incident. So far all they know is that they can't trust the authorities, and to everyone else Amy is officially dead. But Amy isn't dead, she's a prisoner...

"Where is Amy? The students of South Pines Academy search desperately for clues, trying to unravel the mystery of what happened on homecoming night. Stuck at the First Contact Project facility, Amy and Qiana begin to pull at the threads of a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top of the FCP. Meanwhile, deep in space, Oliver must come to terms with his new feelings for Amy, and what that may mean for the two of them, and the entirety of the project...

"During the day, she and Qiana continue to delve deeper into the mystery of Aleksander Lesnik, until a chance conversation with Dr. Kim leads Amy to a terrible realization. Back in Kokomo, Amy's friends continue their search for answers and encounter a group of truth seekers whose leader is dangerously close to uncovering Oliver's secret. And deep in space, Oliver rockets ever closer to his goal, but if he's so far out in the void, will Amy be enough...