Spy Gear Adventures Series by Rick Barba

Team Spy Gear is born... Jake and Lucas Bixby and their friends Cyril and Lexi are ordinary kids living in the typical suburban community of Carrolton. Nothing ever seems to happen in their town -- parents work, and kids go to school, play computer games, and hang out. Normal. Utterly normal. Until the kids discover an abandoned warehouse smack in the middle of Stoneship Woods. Weird. And it's filled with high-tech surveillance equipment and tons of cool spy gadgets. Now it's really weird... moreTeam Spy Gear is born... Jake and Lucas Bixby and their friends Cyril and Lexi are ordinary kids living in the typical suburban community of Carrolton. Nothing ever seems to happen in their town -- parents work, and kids go to school, play computer games, and hang out. Normal. Utterly normal. Until the kids discover an abandoned warehouse smack in the middle of Stoneship Woods. Weird. And it's filled with high-tech surveillance equipment and tons of cool spy gadgets. Now it's really weird. They're about to open a big fat can of worms. And about to have the time of their lives. less

All fun and games?not.There's a hot new online gaming phenomenon that's got Team Spy Gear's classmates enthralled. But when the mass enthusiasm for the game gets kind of, well, intense, our spies decide they've got to figure out who's behind the game. Fast. Oh, and also how it all relates to the oldest surviving epic in British literature.You know, just a typical day's work for our under-the-radar tween spies living in suburbia...

'Tis the season? Yeah, right. It's holiday time in Corrolton, but things are anything but festive. Here's the deal: There may be a quantum hacker lurking around, which means someone has the ability to create a computer a billion times faster and smarter than anything you've ever seen. Everything would be vulnerable: banks, the military, even national security. Yowsa... more'Tis the season? Yeah, right. It's holiday time in Corrolton, but things are anything but festive. Here's the deal: There may be a quantum hacker lurking around, which means someone has the ability to create a computer a billion times faster and smarter than anything you've ever seen. Everything would be vulnerable: banks, the military, even national security. Yowsa. It's up to Team Spy Gear to figure out who's gone quantum (they think they know), where he or she is located (they have no idea), and, toughest of all, how Cyril managed to meet an actual girl. (Yes, you read that last part right.) All while attempting to foil a dastardly plot by the Wolf Pack. And you were worried about getting all the gifts on your list.... less

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.It's bitter winter in Corrolton, but frigid temperatures don't keep evildoers from, well, doing evil. And once again Team Spy Gear finds itself up against something truly bizarre (and also extremely cool, of course).This time, it's a pack of deadly nano-entities that self-organize into small swirling nano-swarms. Not sure what that could possibly look like? Okay, picture Dorothy and a bunch of minitwisters... moreI don't think we're in Kansas anymore.It's bitter winter in Corrolton, but frigid temperatures don't keep evildoers from, well, doing evil. And once again Team Spy Gear finds itself up against something truly bizarre (and also extremely cool, of course).This time, it's a pack of deadly nano-entities that self-organize into small swirling nano-swarms. Not sure what that could possibly look like? Okay, picture Dorothy and a bunch of minitwisters. Now take Dorothy out, and make the twisters white (since they have the ability to mimic the landscape, which in this case is snow). You gotta admit, it's evil fun! Except that these entities have other capabilities as well: They can mimic other life-forms and morph into stuff. Plus they have a networked intelligence that enables them to learn, adapt, and evolve quickly. With evil at the helm, you can see where this is headed....More than just your January blues, dontcha think? less

Team Spy Gear try to explain the enormous thing lurking in the Carrolton Reservoir, but they don't realize that it's just Viper's evil plan involving dark matter and some stunning modifications to his airship. Now Team Spy Gear must rely on the Omega Link for information.

The End? Someone trapped deep (and we do mean deep) inside Viper's organization is trying to contact Team Spy Gear but is having a devil of a time doing so. What this mystery caller doesn't know is that our kids are busy hanging around a creepy nest colony in Stoneship Woods and checking out a seemingly normal suburban house where odd things are happening...a house that must be spied on... moreThe End? Someone trapped deep (and we do mean deep) inside Viper's organization is trying to contact Team Spy Gear but is having a devil of a time doing so. What this mystery caller doesn't know is that our kids are busy hanging around a creepy nest colony in Stoneship Woods and checking out a seemingly normal suburban house where odd things are happening...a house that must be spied on. What else can our team do? Their last message from the Omega Link - about someone in serious need of help - was ages ago. But the kids had better save their energy, because they're about to tackle a booby-trapped backyard obstacle course right out of a videogame designer's worst nightmare and face a final showdown with the vile Wolf Pack. That ought to keep them busy until they can get some intel on the Agency, the Dark Man, the Gloved Agent, Marco, Mr. Latimer, Barbie Bickle, Dr. Tim, and those awesome black helicopters. All in a day's work, my friends, all in a day's work. less