Margins
Masterminds book cover
Masterminds
Payback
2017
First Published
4.37
Average Rating
328
Number of Pages

Part of Series

From the master of middle grade, Gordon Korman, comes the final book in the bestselling Masterminds series—about a group of kids who discover they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history. After a serious betrayal from one of their former friends, the clones of Project Osiris are on the run again. Now, separated into pairs, Eli and Tori and Amber and Malik are fighting to survive in the real world. Amber and Malik track down the one person they think can help them prove the existence of Project Osiris, notorious mob boss Gus Alabaster, also known as Malik’s DNA donor. But as Malik gets pulled into the criminal world—tantalized by hints of a real family—his actions put him and Amber into greater danger. Eli and Tori get sucked into even bigger conspiracies as they hunt down Project Osiris’s most closely guarded secret—who does Eli’s DNA come from? With a surprising new ally, and another cross-country adventure, the four will have to work together and overcome the worst parts of themselves if they are going to end Project Osiris once and for all.

Avg Rating
4.37
Number of Ratings
4,556
5 STARS
53%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
13%
2 STARS
1%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads

Author

Gordon Korman
Author · 104 books

Korman wrote his first book, "This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall", when he was 12 years old, for a coach who suddenly found himself teaching 7th grade English. He later took that episode and created a book out of it, as well, in "The Sixth Grade Nickname Game", wherein Mr. Huge was based on that 7th grade teacher. Korman moved to New York City, where he studied film and film writing. While in New York, he met his future wife; they now live in Long Island with their three children. He has published more than 50 books.

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved