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Book Review of Special Effects (Family, Bk 1)

Special Effects (Family, Bk 1)
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Think Patterson's MAXIMUM RIDE, but they don't have wings--they have special talents. And they aren't just kids, but young adults. But the government agency (especially one possibly round-the-bend agent) wants them back under control, and the agent wants revenge on the man who gave his project a black eye by helping his 'subjects' escape...

From back cover: It began as a CIA project, an experimental program in mind spying. Then priorities shifted and the PSI Project was no longer considered essential. But Samuel Hunter wasn't about to abandon the project. Not when he could use his three young recruits---Summer Mann, James Powell, and Kate Mimeaux--for far more than spying.
But when Hunter tried to make Summer into his personal assassin co-worker Michael Hastings had had enough. So Hastings came up with the Great Escape. Changing his name to Kevin McConnell, he and his three charges fled cross-country, losing themselves in Los Angeles.
Kevin knew Hunter would never give up the chase, but for now they were safe--at least until Kevin ran into someone fro his own past, Police Detective Lieutenant Daniel Kaufman. Kaufman was willing to protect Kevin's new 'family' but wanted something in return--their help.
Someone--or something--was killing the special effects people in Hollywood, and the police were stumped. Kevin's kids might be able to provide the clues the police needed through their special talents. Still, Kaufman wouldn't have asked if he could have foreseen the deadly jeopard his request would place them in . . .