Für die einen ist es Vergnügen. Für ihn ein Alptraum … Finn ist 15 und führt das langweiligste Dasein, das er sich vorstellen kann. Die Stadt, in die sie unlängst gezogen sind, ist so öde, dass man nicht mal tot über’m Zaun hängen möchte. An der neuen Schule findet er keine Freunde, weil er den Freizeitaktivitäten, auf die alle anderen abfahren, nichts abgewinnen kann, und auch in seiner eigenen Familie ist er ein Außenseiter. So reiht sich ein trostloser Tag an den anderen. Bis eines Tages alles anders wird – und Finn in das Abenteuer seines Lebens gerät …
Author
Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic. Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. His first professional publication was the short story Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine C't. His first novel was published in 1995. Five of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese. In 2002, his novel Das Jesus Video was adapted for German television. In 2003, his novel Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio. As of 2006, his only novel translated into English was Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as The Carpet Makers.
