a highly anticipated standalone adventure about what happens when you find a tiny, living, breathing civilization on the floor of your school dorm room. Max is used to spending time alone - it's difficult to make friends in a big, chaotic school when you're deaf. He prefers to give his attention to the little things in life .

. . like making awesome, detailed replica models.

Then Mr Darrow, the school caretaker and fellow modeller, goes missing. Max must follow his parting instruction: 'Go to my room. You'll know what to do.'There on the floor he finds a pile of sand .

. . and in the sand is Mr Darrow's latest creation .

. . a tiny boy, no bigger than a raisin, Luke, Prince of the Blues.

And behind the tiny boy . . .

millions of others - a thriving, bustling, sprawling civilization!'