Cirrus@Austlit

'Bored at her conventional Dublin school, Jess Leclair is thrilled to be offered a place at Theruse Abbey, the training ground for the top secret PEP (Planet Earth Protection) Squad. During her first term Jess quickly makes friends with her room-mate, extreme-sport loving Emily Harris, and the Sykes twins, Ben and Matt. Together they learn the necessary skills to become world-class spies: lock-picking, creating disguises, abseiling, foreign languages and combat training. At the end of their first-year the teenagers are promised an easy first mission, but faced with armed guards, a complex security system, an evil genius and a traitor in their midst the trainee spies must save the day or die trying.' (Source: Author's website)