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This is a great read I picked up at Dymmocks bookstore in the city. It is the story of Cadel Piggott, a boy who is extremely intelligent. He knows how to "hack into computer networks, orchestrate traffic jams and sabotage construction sites" without leaving a trace that can lead back to him (see back cover). His equally intelligent criminal father, who is locked up in a U.S. jail for trying to take over the world, wants Cadel to use his powers to succeed in what he himself couldn't achieve. His right hand man, Thaddeus Roth (Cadel's psychiatrist) is employed to keep a close eye on Cadel's progress. But as Cadel attends the classes of the Axis Institute (the university his father has set up to help aid him to become a master criminal), and encounters the various people who attend the institute, he wrestles with his own conscience, and finds it hard to live up to what his father expects him to be.
This book was very well written, with some very funny scenes throughout the work. I have found out that it is part 1 of a trilogy, so I must find the other two books and read them, because the ending of this first installation left me in suspense. I can't wait to find the other two books and see what else happens in Cadel Piggott's life...
