14-year-old Steven 'Steel' Trapp sets off with his mum and their dog, Cairo, on a two-day journey to compete in the National Science Competition in Washington DC. Steel is both blessed and cursed with a remarkable photographic memory. On the train to DC, he becomes embroiled in an ingenious, international plot of kidnapping and bribery that may have links to terrorists. Federal agents track Steel as he attempts to put together the pieces of a complex puzzle. Using his science contest invention, Steel leads readers on an action-packed chase adventure.
