now that the axis institute for world domination has been blown up the founder dr phineas darkkon has died and prosper english who enrolled cadel in the first place is in jail for myriad offenses cadel piggott has roundtheclock surveillance so hell be safe until he testifies against prosper english but nobody seems to want cadel not fiona his social worker not saul greeniaus the detective assigned to protect him when he is approached by the head of genius squada group formed to investigate genome one of darkkons pet projectscadel is dubious genius squad can offer him a real home and all the technology his heart desires but why cant he bring himself to tell saul what the group is really up to and how can genius squad protect cadel once prosper english breaks out of jail