TRUST NO ONE. NOT EVEN YOUR BEST FRIEND. Jayman Richardson was just a normal eighth grader-a "big nerd" with a talent for languages and a habit of staying out of trouble. That all changes the moment Joseph Jenkins knocks on his door with an offer he can't refuse: a full-ride scholarship to the prestigious Communications Institution for Science and Technology. But the "Stealth Academy" isn't teaching science and tech. It's a training ground for the next generation of CIA elite. Before Jay can even finish his first night of orientation, the shadows come alive. An assassin in his dorm room is only the beginning. Jay quickly discovers that he is the primary target of D.E.F.I.A.N.T., a global network of "Prodigies of Crime" led by the one person he thought he could trust most: his lifelong best friend, Mike Bennett. Framed for an assassination attempt on the Treasury Secretary and hunted by the very government he was recruited to serve, Jay must go off the grid. Alongside a ragtag team of fellow recruits and a girl named Maddie who keeps him grounded, Jay embarks on a high-stakes race from the halls of the Academy to the heart of the Pentagon. In a world where the Vice President is a puppet and your oldest friend is your greatest enemy, Jay has one mission: expose the truth, thwart "Operation Annihilation," and survive long enough to clear his name. The graduation exam has begun. And the price of failure is world total destruction.
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