The Trials of Elijah Marcus Ash — Brian K. Vagnini

Elijah is your typical high school student in Chicago, with the usual high school issues (he likes a girl that doesn't know that he likes her, has people in his class that he doesn't like, has school bullies etc.). He works for Miss Immaculate Kennedy, who runs an Investigative service called "Captain Kidd's Ghost: Investigations." It's really a front for an espionage service that caters to high-end clients, such as celebrities and politicians. He also does some work on the side for his momma (Sam Ash), who kills people for various clients, including governments and the Mafia. With psychological training, courtesy of his dad, as well as weapons and explosives training from an IRA rebel and Hacking and Penetration training from another family friend, he is a force to be reckoned with. Our conflict begins when the school trip to Disney World goes horribly wrong. When the kids awake, they realize that they are NOT in Kansas anymore...or Disney World either. They have been kidnapped and are to be sold as part of a slavery ring. Elijah has to get them out, and when he does, he realizes that the same group had kidnapped his girlfriend's sister. Elijah and his mother, Sam, go back to Yemen to attempt to rescue the girl, kidnapped a year prior.