• Acting Friends - FREE DOWNLOAD!
  • Falling Fast
  • Burning Bright
  • Casting Shadows
  • Girl, Missing
  • Sister, Missing
  • Missing Me
  • Blood Ties
  • Blood Ransom
  • The Set-up
  • The Hostage
  • The Thief: FREE DOWNLOAD!
  • The Rescue
  • Hunted
  • Double-Cross
  • Hit Squad
  • Six Steps to a Girl
  • Three’s a Crowd
  • The One and Only

The Medusa Project

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Fourteen years ago, scientist William Fox implanted four babies with the Medusa gene – a gene for psychic abilities. Fox’s experiment left a legacy: four teenagers – Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan – who have each developed their own distinct and special skill according to how the gene has interacted with their personalities. The first book in this series, The Set-up, sees the four teens discovering their powers and being brought together to form The Medusa Project – a special undercover crime-fighting force run by the government. 

Through the series, the teens face many dangers as they are sent on various missions world-wide, and through their work discover that the Medusa gene experiments have had far-reaching effects. They have to learn to work together to survive, and deal with personality clashes and romances along the way. Each story is narrated by a different character, so readers can get inside the heads of the Medusa teens and find out how they really feel about each other!

The Set-up

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The first book in the series sees Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan getting to grips with their psychic abilities, and being brought together to form The Medusa Project for their first undercover mission.

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"Sophie's thrillers are brilliant, you never know what's on the next page and you can't stop reading until you find out."

Robert Muchamore

The Hostage

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The Medusa Project teens are now getting into the swing of investigating criminal activity, but there’s a problem closer to home for Ketty that puts her safety – and that of the other teens – at risk.

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“Plenty of non-stop action and adventure from the top teen thriller writer.”

Waterstone’s Books Quarterly

The Thief: FREE DOWNLOAD!

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A special bonus story written for World Book Day 2010, now available as a free download exclusively on this website!

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The Rescue

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At a training camp in Spain that turns out to be a nightmare boot camp, Ed who gets his cover blown and is black-mailed into using his mind-reading powers. The teens need to stage an escape and reveal the underhand goings-on at the camp, but how?

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“I find The Medusa Project to be one of those series that is getting better with each new book… I'm still amazed by the almost consistent standard of McKenzie's books.”

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Hunted

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Dylan, who has always felt like a bit of an outsider, makes a shocking discovery about her father’s death and begins her own mission to find the legacy he left behind. She’s not the only one on the trail though, and danger is closing in.

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“The Medusa Project chronicles go from strength to strength. The sense that you're always looking over your shoulder… pervades this excellent adventure, and mid-teens will love it.”

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Double-Cross

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The Medusa Project team arrive in Sydney, Australia, for another exciting mission – and discover there are other teens with psychic abilities… but how many?

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"The pace of writing is fast, fast, fast… the premise had me hooked immediately"

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Hit Squad

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WINNER of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013 (older readers category)!

The Medusa Project teens are due to be taken out of service and split up, but there is one more mission they just can’t resist, though it could be their most dangerous.

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Exclusive Extras

  • Acting Friends - FREE DOWNLOAD!
  • Falling Fast
  • Burning Bright
  • Casting Shadows
  • Girl, Missing
  • Sister, Missing
  • Missing Me
  • Blood Ties
  • Blood Ransom
  • The Set-up
  • The Hostage
  • The Thief: FREE DOWNLOAD!
  • The Rescue
  • Hunted
  • Double-Cross
  • Hit Squad
  • Six Steps to a Girl
  • Three’s a Crowd
  • The One and Only

About Sophie McKenzie

Sophie was born and brought up in London, where she still lives with her teenage son. She has worked as a journalist and a magazine editor, but fell in love with writing after being made redundant and enrolling in a creative writing course. She burst into the publishing world with Girl, Missing her debut novel (published 2006), which tallied up numerous award wins nationwide, including the Richard and Judy Best Kids’ Books 2007 (12+ category), The Red House Book Award and The Manchester Children’s Book Award. She was also longlisted for the Branford Boase award, which commends debut authors, and the coveted Carnegie Medal.

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