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The first half of the book is really a fun and intriguing read that both young and old will like. A 5 all the way. Two kids make an alliance to figure out what Zack's crazy (in-genius) inventive grandfather is up to. It results in some great adventures ending up on a space ship his "crazy" grandfather has created and going to the moon and beyond. It holds a promise of really a great adventure into space.

Suddenly after landing on the moon the story changes and an evil man with an evil plot pops on the scene out of the clear blue and the story changes from an adventure in space to espionage and killing and deception. The fun and exciting part of space travel slips away and it becomes more a battle of survival. In fact the rest of the book is really trying to survive against the evil who has tried to destroy them and in turn plans to destroy the world. Sort of a batman type story.

There are interesting science fiction aspects from unlimited power cubes to giant robots and 15 second learning files but they are grounded on the moon now and so the promise of space travel and all that never comes to fruition. The last half of the book revolves around now three kids, one being a true part of the crew, and a great friendship ensues. And the bond between Zack and Angelina grows into something very precious. These three take on the evil one practically on their own with virtually no help from his grandfather or the rest of the crew who seem to want to ignore the evil and work on establishing a base on the moon. This whole separation issue seems very unreal and when the three actually save the ship and the crew from what would have been sure destruction they get punished by his grandfather and the rest of the crew.

This second half of the book has some challenging issues and great adventures but now it is not against space as much as fighting a crazy evil person bent on destroying the world. The direction of the story changing in the middle of the book changed the enjoyment of the read and the plausibility of the story. It is still good but seems to loose the great writing of the first half and becomes more of just another good/evil story and not all that much of plot anymore.

I was disappointed in the ending which of course is not a real ending but set up for the next book. But I felt like I was torn away from what the whole book had been building up to. Adults really come away as pretty stupid and uncompromising which takes a little away from the reality of the whole book. But There are some good science items of interest and I think most young readers will enjoy the adventure.