This adventurous book of fiction is set in the 1960's, where a young girl develops a strange friendship with a damaged metal sphere that her parents found near the Green Swamp in Florida. This strong friendship opened up a connection with her twin sister who was living in a City in the Sky. The Deceivers, who pull all the strings in Washington D.C. are willing to kill to get any and all extraterrestrial items and are more than willing to cover it up when the deed is done. One family fights off the continuous attempts of the C.I.A. to get the sphere and many lives are lost.