Still, in this day and age (38 and counting), can't stopping myself inhaling more than 900 pages (around 300 each book) in five days? DAMN. This was my 15th GK novel since last month, and looks like there's no end of absolute five star reads from the writer yet. Unpredictable storyline throughout, brilliant characterizations of four unique and vastly different main characters, gradual quiet dread building up for a Hitchcockian creepy thriller of the first book ( Masterminds) that goes allout pedal-to-the-metal chase suspense - which is also another kind of Hitchcockian thriller - in the second book ( Criminal Destiny) and after endless twist-turns reaching to the bloodpumping epic finale with a perfect satisfying ending in this final book ( Payback), containing all the trademark Korman-styled thirteen year olds' coming of age character study of growing up complexes and relationship dynamics, and with an ethical nature-versus-nurture conundrum thrown in. This mindblowing, breathless, nonstop twisty thrillride of The Masterminds Trilogy by the one and only mastermind of middle-grade fiction Gordon Korman did that! I don't think I have ever read 900+ pages in under 5 days. With a surprising new ally, and another cross-country adventure, the four will have to work together and overcome the worst parts of themselves if they are going to end Project Osiris once and for all.

But as Malik gets pulled into the criminal world - tantalized by hints of a real family - his actions put him and Amber into greater danger.Įli and Tori get sucked into even bigger conspiracies as they hunt down Project Osiris’s most closely guarded secret - who does Eli’s DNA come from? Now, separated into pairs, Eli and Tori and Amber and Malik are fighting to survive in the real world.Īmber and Malik track down the one person they think can help them prove the existence of Project Osiris, notorious mob boss Gus Alabaster, also known as Malik’s DNA donor. From the master of middle grade, Gordon Korman, comes the final book in the bestselling Masterminds series - about a group of kids who discover they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history.Īfter a serious betrayal from one of their former friends, the clones of Project Osiris are on the run again.

Payback by Gordon Korman