"Decades ago, Albert Einstein devised an equation that could benefit all life on earth -- or destroy it. Fearing what would happen if the equation fell into the wrong hands, he hid it. But now a diabolical group known as the Furies is closing in on its location. In desperation, a team of CIA agents drags Charlie into the hunt, needing her brilliance to help them find it first -- even though this means placing her life in grave danger. In a breakneck...

"In the Land of the Rising Sun, where high culture meets high kitsch, and fashion and technology are at the forefront of the First World's future, the foreign-born teen elite attend ICS -- the International Collegiate School of Tokyo. Their accents are fluid. Their homes are ridiculously posh. Their sports games often involve a (private) plane trip to another country. They miss school because of jet lag and visa issues. When they get in trouble, they...