Lucius and Auto-Inseparable best friends-find out about the government's testing of biological weapons on civilians. This isn't a new practice, but now the boys have been presented with information meant for Surveillance eyes only. The Head of Surveillance is planning something. Something big. Now the two are being hunted as they spread the word. The government doesn't want the world to know and will keep them from talking at all costs. Along the way, lives are lost. Hostages are taken. The secret is out. "'You're like pigeons.' Cathleen murmured. 'What? What do you mean?' 'You're like carrier pigeons, spreading the word, carrying messages. Except....you're more beautiful than pigeons. You're like doves."'