Early Reviewers

One bad science experiment. One very long suspension.

When Ory accidentally blows up his classroom, he ends up mostly banished to the Arthropod City Police Department, fetching coffee and filing paperwork for his uncle Pericles. It's the most boring punishment imaginable. Until a body turns up near the War Memorial.

The victim is the richest bug in the city, a philanthropist whose generosity put trophies in Ory's school and prize money in students' pockets. The police have their suspect: Ory's favorite teacher. But something doesn't add up, and everyone knows Ory has never been good at leaving things alone.

Armed with borrowed detective skills and too much curiosity for his own good, Ory launches a secret investigation. The deeper he digs, the closer he gets to a truth that someone is willing to kill to keep buried.

Caterpillar's Last Breath is the first adventure in the Tales from Arthropod City series, a mystery full of six-legged suspects, small-town secrets, and one beetle who refuses to quit.