Guardians of the Future

James Ponti's City Spies meets Stuart Gibbs's Spy School in this fun, action-packed sequel that follows young inventor and secret Illuminati spy Maddie on a thrilling new adventure.Super spies reporting for duty! When Maddie Robinson and her team are assigned a new super secret mission to protect the world's most famous pop star from a mysterious foe, she knows she'll need every tool available. That's when she discovers a secret buried deep within the Illuminati's archives: a device that can predict the future, invented by renowned Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci himself!The only problem? This future predictor has been lost for centuries.With a villain at large, finding the device becomes more important--and personal--than ever, and the super spies' search takes them all over Europe. Will Maddie and her friends be able to save the day once again?Filled with gadgets, secret codes, and clandestine adventures and featuring b&w illustrations throughout, this story is perfect for fans of Dan Gutman's Genius Files and Michael Buckley's NERDS.A Secret Society of Kid Spies: Join young inventor Maddie Robinson and her team of elite Illuminati agents as they take on a mission that blends history with high-tech adventure.An Impossible Invention: The key to stopping a shadowy villain is a future-predicting device designed by Leonardo da Vinci centuries ago--if they can find it before it falls into the wrong hands.A Pop Star in Peril: Protecting the world's most famous singer is harder than it looks, especially when the mysterious attacks happening around him seem to defy logic.High-Tech Adventure: From hyper-phones and secret codes to da Vinci's own prototypes, this story is packed with the clever gadgets and gizmos that spy-fi fans love.