Description
JOIN THE TEAM. SAVE THE WORLD. Twin geniuses Jacob and Kira are recruited to take part in a high-tech mission to protect the planet ... but will their dreams of adventure come true, or is the threat too great to handle?
Jacob and Kira live in the heart of Mbale, Uganda with their conservationist mother and navigate life as unsuspecting geniuses; Kira with hopes to explore outside the hot terrains of Uganda, and conspiracy theorist Jacob, whose fear often holds him back from the answers he so desperately wants to uncover.
But when they discover that someone has been watching their every move in the hopes to enlist them in a top-secret agency called Transcendent, their lives are turned upside down.
Soon the twins are hurtled from the luscious landscapes of Mbale, to the sleek streets of London, where - alongside other selected protegees - they must undertake three rigorous trials, each more difficult than the last, to be accepted into Transcendent. If they are successful, they will be launched into space to complete a high-stakes mission to fight the greatest threat the world has ever seen.
Only, the twins soon realise they have more to contend with than they bargained for ... is there a more sinister reason they have been chosen?
Two kids, one top-secret agency and an epic mission to save the world.
Review
Fourteen-year-old genius twins Jacob and Kira live in Uganda with their mother, Eunata, who is a conservationist, and who has always home schooled them. Their English father died when they were younger. They are inseparable, and both dream of doing great things. But little do they know that their extraordinary intellect has been on the radar of one of the world’s biggest technology companies, RanaTech, for years...
When the truth comes out - that they have been earmarked for a project to save the world from all that is happening in the environment, called Transcendent - they find themselves in London, with other young geniuses. Could this be the place where they can finally fit in?
Kira, in particular, is all in - she cannot believe the opportunity that awaits them, as they will be given the chance to go to the Garden, a space station owned by RanaTech. But Jacob is not so convinced. He is sure that there is something suspicious going on, as he is very much a conspiracy theorist. He believes that The Others are coming, and is sure that RanaTech know it too. Will this cause Kira and Jacob to take different paths, or will their bond remain unbreakable?
This is not just an action-packed adventure story, but it is also a story of believing in yourself and family loyalty, that will have you eagerly awaiting the next instalment. It will be thoroughly enjoyed by all those in lower secondary and upper primary.
