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The Mind Game - an espionage mystery thriller for teens and young adults

by M. G. Harris

A missing friend at the center of an espionage mystery

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A missing friend at the center of an espionage mystery

Roni’s search for Maxim Santiago begins with a disappearance from Dulles Airport and grows into a conspiracy involving coded messages, trafficked children, and a Russian dictator’s covert campaign. With tech-savvy Kenzie, Roni follows clues from Washington, D.C., to a Mexican town described as a refuge for displaced people. Maxim’s return complicates their childhood bond: he needs their help with a dangerous rescue, while a secret project becomes part of the larger struggle. The plot brings together teenage friendship, espionage, and geopolitical conflict, with Roni’s self-discovery woven into the mission.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in espionage and suspense fiction.
  • Readers drawn to mysteries involving missing people, coded clues, and international conspiracies.
  • Readers interested in stories that combine high-stakes missions with friendship and self-discovery.

Themes

Espionage and geopolitical conflictMissing persons and coded messagesTrafficking and rescueFriendship and self-discovery

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Book overview

Years have passed since her childhood friend disappeared, but Roni remains consumed by the enigma. Can she uncover what happened to Maxim Santiago?

Podcast fame thrusts 17-year-old Roni into a perilous quest to find her missing friend, who disappeared from Dulles Airport, Washington D.C. She teams up with tech-savvy Kenzie to crack cryptic messages and unearth a dark secret about trafficked kids. Dodging shadowy agents of the ruthless Russian dictator waging a global 'Mind Game' on his enemies, they end up in a sweltering Mexican town, a nexus for refugees.

They shared childhood memories, but Maxim has changed. He's older, wiser, perhaps even dangerous. Now he seeks their help to rescue enslaved children guarding a world-shaking secret, but time's running out. Roni and Kenzie dive into Maxim's risky mission, testing their friendship amid a struggle for control of a key project that could win the Mind Game.

It's a journey that brings Roni an astonishing self-discovery. Can she trust in herself to help the rescue succeed?

From "sci-fi author M.G. Harris, creator of the best-selling Joshua Files" (Radio Times Magazine, 5th September 2013) comes a spy thriller for young adults set in a world of geopolitical conflicts that sits rather closely to our own post-pandemic world.

Praise for M. G. Harris:

"MG Harris proves she has a deft touch and a real skill for writing heart-stopping adventure" Vanessa Curtis, 16 February 2008, The Glasgow Herald

"M.G. Harris is a very skilled storyteller" Ed Fortune, Starburst Magazine, 2014

"Harris keeps the tension high throughout the action sequences" Paul Simpson, Sci-Fi Bulletin, 2015

"Harris's prose is nice and breezy" Michael Cook, Geek Vibes Nation, 2023

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