Fans of 39 Clues and Artemis Fowl will enjoy the fun, fresh thrill ride through this humorous, action-packed adventure from debut author F. T. Bradley.
In the trilogy opener, twelve-year-old Lincoln Baker finds himself in a world of trouble! First, Linc’s seemingly harmless prank on a school field trip ends in expulsion and a lawsuit. Then two mysterious figures from a secret government agency called Pandora show up at Linc’s house with a proposition for him.
Turns out Linc looks exactly like one of Pandora’s top kid agents, Benjamin Green, who vanished while on a critical spy mission in Paris. If Linc agrees to take his place, they’ll get him back in school and make that costly lawsuit disappear.
But the mission is a lot more complicated than it seems. A highly valuable copy of the Mona Lisa has gone missing and now Linc must make sure it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Too bad Linc isn’t a black belt math genius who can run a four-minute mile like his double, Ben, because he’ll need those skills to make it out alive. . . .
One's a Secret Agent, One's Not.
When two secret agents show up at Linc Baker's doorstep offering to make a problem he's caused disappear, he's eager to listen to their deal. Turns out Linc looks exactly like one of their top kid agents—one who went missing during an important mission—and now they want Linc on the case instead. In no time Linc is undercover in Paris. It's just too bad he isn't a black belt, a math whiz, or a distance runner like his agent double. Linc's really best at getting into trouble. And he's in a lot of it.
"Lincoln Baker is an awesome main character: savvy, funny, and like a young James Bond, he can't resist the chance to start some trouble. Give him a mystery to solve, stick him in Paris, arm him with gadgets, and watch stuff go boom."
