Mint condition.Chicken House,Scholastic,2008.First American edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Lime hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj,both in mint condition.Illustrated with b/w drawings.472pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first American edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Product Description n14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when his dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a subterranean society that time forgot. The Colony has existed unchanged for a century, but it's no benign time capsule of a bygone era. Because the Colony is ruled by a merciless overclass, the Styx. Will must free his father--is he also about to ignite a revolution?