Chris is a nosey teenager and one day that nose gets him into trouble. He is snooping around the outskirts of a town called Scranton hoping to see the town 'lift off' as it launches itself into space but he misjudges and is inside they Spindizzy field when they engage themselves and he is carried up and into space. He will never see his old life again.
He goes on an adventure with the town but is then traded over to the City of New York with whom he finds a new and interesting life and career. He will have his mind expanded by the robot 'city founders', he will take part in battles and politics before uncovering a great secret.
The Sci-Fi in this book whilst sounding interesting and a little bit different is not really explained. It is left hanging in the air, no pun intended. The inhabitants of the flying space cities have air, food and water aplenty but apart from some trading with other cities whom they rarely meet, it is not gone into in any detail, disappointing.
The story apart from that is fairly good and the main character is a poor boy made good. There are some space fights and battles planet side and more unique Sci-Fi techno that is used making this a decent if short novel. All in all worth a read if you come across it.
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