Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing both recycles a villain (see Book 4) and offers trendy anti-bullying wish fulfillment. (The dimly lit cover depicts the kids as either white or ambiguous.) Fans of the series will not be disappointed. Though the novel sidesteps racial differences, the question of nature versus nurture adds a thoughtful layer to a book that relies heavily on some convenient coincidences and improbable scenarios. This final installment in the trilogy that began with Masterminds (2015) is packed with surprising twists, high-speed chases, and plenty of near misses. Whether it is stealing a car, selling stolen Girl Scout cookies, or hacking computers, they will do whatever it takes to find the truth.

The four use a combination of their innate criminal abilities and their learned kindness to survive. There, they find that the Osiris conspiracy is bigger than they imagined. Meanwhile, Tori and Eli go to California to visit serial killer Bartholomew Glen. Posing as his long-lost son, Malik is able to infiltrate his inner circle, but other than the confirmation that he is Gus’ clone, the trip is futile. Hammerstrom.Īmber and Malik travel to Chicago to question Malik’s DNA donor, crime boss Gus Alabaster. In this trilogy closer, the four escaped clones from Project Osiris are still on the run, trying to avoid capture, discover the truth behind their criminal origins, and rescue the rest of the clones from the clutches of the evil Dr.

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