The Terminals
The Terminals: A Novel
The Terminals
In The Terminals, Royce Buckingham tells the riveting story of a covert team of young, terminally ill teens who spend their last year alive running dangerous missions as super-spies for an organization that may not be all it seems.When 19 year-old Cam Cody is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he expects to spend the rest of his shortened life in an adjustable bed. Then one night, a mysterious man offers Cam one chance to join a covert unit of young "terminals." They are like him, only they spend the last year of their lives executing exciting and dangerous missions to make the world a better place.With nothing to lose, Cam is in.A helicopter flies Cam to a secret tropical location, where he's tossed out with a parachute and an instruction manual. After a rough landing, he meets his nine teammates. The other terminals don't seem sick; Zara is beautiful, Donnie is an amazing athlete, and Calliope sings like a bird. He soon learns that they're enhanced with an experimental super steroid TS-8, which suppresses their illnesses' symptoms and heightens their physical and mental abilities. It's also fatal if taken for more than a year.Cam joins this extreme spy team, and they begin pulling dangerous operations in multiple countries. As his teammates fall around him, he starts to receive cryptic messages from a haggard survivor of last year's class hiding in the forest. She reveals that the program isn't what it claims to be...For any YA lover of The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Divergent, or a much less graphic Kingsman - The Secret Service, this is definitely one to check out!

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Science Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up

The Terminals is a book about a boy named Cam who develops a brain tumor.  One day in the hospital, a strange man comes to him and gives him a choice.  Cam could spend the rest of his shortened life in his comfy hospital bed listening to music, or he could join a group of ten kids called "The Terminals" and help make the world a better place.  Rather than waste the time he has left, Cam decides to join.  Only, when he gets there, none of his teammates look like they have brain tumors.  They all look like they are at peak performance; some look eve

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