Hiro's Hardship (A Welcome To The Madhouse Prequel)

Hiro Al-Fadi, a precocious seven year old, is traveling with his parents to Plaisir, a fantastical, extravagant, luxurious playground for the rich and famous, where his father is chairing a galaxy-wide Economic Forum for the Union of Solar Systems' one hundred and fifty planets. It should be a peaceful and prosperous meeting. Hiro meets Jude Luis Stefansson, a six year old prodigy, on the luxury liner on the way to Plaisir. They become fast friends. When tragedy befalls, the two boys must escape and survive in the bowels of the planet devoted to 'whatever the customer demands and can pay for'. The two boys battle far more than any child should ever have to . . .