"How great would it be to have a program on your laptop that gives you a link ... to another galaxy??!! That's just what's happened to Jack, Loaf, and Merle. They've discovered the Outernet--and the Outernet has discovered them!".
At age fourteen, Tim Corder is considered to be the most dangerous criminal on the planet, but when the World Wide Web and every computer connected to it are threatened by a virus, his expertise may be the only hope.
Jack and his friends are launched into a grand adventure when they discover the used laptop computer Jack received for his birthday is really the last uncontrolled Outernet server in space.
Tym, an inept young wizard's apprentice, creates a potion that gives him the power of super speed for limited periods of time, and sets off on a long-distance quest to find a magical item needed to save the life of the beautiful Lady Zamarind.
