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304 p
# 6 in series
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Ben travels to Pakistan with his environmental-activist mother. She continues over the border to Afghanistan, but with all the Taliban activity it's too dangerous for Ben to make the journey with her. Left behind, Ben and his new Pakistani friend, Aaarya, find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are kidnapped and caught up in a terrifying planned Taliban attack that could destroy Southern Afghanistan, killing thousands. For their kidnappers are carrying a nuclear bomb in a suitcase