The Mind Thief, Paperback

Augustus Sneed knows that he can't master an empire on his own. When he discovers the FIGs' ability to infiltrate human minds, he forms a partnership with the Figments of the Imagination trapped in the dark mines below. In return for freedom, the FIGs agree to trespass into the minds of the Regulators of the cities he chooses to control, making him the ultimate Puppet Master. He is then free to create miniatures of his conquests and place them inside glass orbs, where he can keep a watchful eye. All is going well until a group of meddling teens uncover a series of secrets. Ed and his friends, known as the Quack Pack, discover that their city is not the paradise it claims to be. Growing suspicions set them on a dangerous path as they seek to discover the truth.