Lauren Stewart is beautiful, bright, and completely confused. Nothing seems quite right, and yet, to the untrained eye, nothing is out of the ordinary. Lauren awakes one morning to a strange sense of foreboding-as if everything is familiar and foreign at the same time.

A thrilling tale and baffling spy story, DECEPTION introduces readers to twins Lauren and Luke who are at odds as they work for competing government interests. Soon, Lauren's charms have her in dire straits as she and her companion, Mark, are being chased by assassins. But why? As for Luke, he seems to have mysteriously disappeared-or has he? Employing her photographic memory, Lauren seeks to discover the facts before it's too late.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Buckley, affectionately known as BB, a renowned scientist and guardian of the twins, is working on an antidote to defend against an impending worldwide pandemic. But he's also invented a powerful and very secret machine that alters spies for extreme covert operations-and he may have used it on someone before knowing exactly what it would do...

The first in a series of young adult spy thrillers, DECEPTION's layered, nonstop action keeps readers intrigued until the very last page.