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The Agent's Daughter (Agent Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Ron Corriveau (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 96 ratings

Book 1 of 2: Agent Series

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Melina has been preparing for a future career as a spy.

She just doesn’t know it.

Legendary spy Evan Roberts always knew that his fifteen-year-old daughter
Melina also possessed the absolute lack of fear required of an agent.
Without telling her his real profession or his intention, he began to guide her
toward an eventual career as a spy. However, Melina’s world is shattered
after her mom is involved in an accident that leaves her mysteriously unhurt
but unresponsive. Her father’s plans on hold, Melina settles into life at a
suburban high school, immersing herself in a world of schoolwork, her
friends and a budding romance with Alex, the cute new guy in her class.

When Melina and her father uncover shocking new information about her
mother’s accident, Melina is pulled deep into her father’s shadowy world.
With Alex desperately trying to find her and only hours to go before it will
be too late to save her mother, Melina and her father work together using
their combined skills to find a way to reach her.

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The Agent's Daughter is the first book in the Agent Series, a young adult
spy thriller filled with mystery, suspense and espionage that builds to an
exciting climax!

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The Origin of This Book

It's funny. I don't think of myself as a writer. I am an electrical engineer and I design integrated circuits for
a telecommunications company. It is not as though I have written many books. Just the two. Nonetheless,
if one were to ask me how I came to write this first book, I can trace it to the exact moment.

I was sitting on the couch playing a game on the Wii with my then seven-year-old son Travis. This was our
usual as we had spent the better part of several hours a day playing various games throughout the entire
summer. Toward the end of the night, my ten-year-old daughter Melina entered the room to tell me that she
was going to bed. I realized that, as of late, I had not spent any time with her. She had been spending time
working on a book review blog of her own called Reading Vacation, so I didn't seem to see her much. It was
sad. She was getting older, and she was spending way more time with her mother, just like I was spending
way more time with our son. Then it hit me. I would write a book that would feature her (and her brother.)
I could describe the feelings that I had about my daughter getting older. I could tell about the fierce
protectiveness that fathers have as well as the joy that we have but might not show at having a daughter.
I could even weave some anecdotes of events in her life into the story. (There is a scene in the book where
a young Melina leaps off of a boat that is parked inside a store. That whole scene actually happened word
for word.)

Having decided to write a book, I needed a plot. The main characters had to be a dad and a daughter. I also
wanted to showcase women in roles that traditionally were thought of as being done by men. I rolled it around
in my head and came up with the spy genre. Finally, the dad and daughter had to spend time together so they
could talk as well as work together to solve a problem. I can't say any more without revealing the story, but I
was very happy with what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it too.

About the Author

Ron Corriveau is an electrical engineer and works designing customintegrated circuits.
He started writing to prove to himself that heactually does have a right side to his brain.
Originally from SouthernCalifornia, he currently lives outside of Dallas with his lovely
wifeand two awesome kids. He has only recently come to terms with the factthat he is
a geek, although he would like to stress that he doesn't hold any kind of leadership role
in the organization.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CVIT078
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Geek Parade Books (May 18, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 18, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2543 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 253 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0615799019

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Ron Corriveau is an electrical engineer and works designing custom integrated circuits. He started writing to prove to himself that he actually does have a right side to his brain. Originally from Southern California, he currently lives outside Dallas with his lovely wife and two awesome kids. He has only recently come to terms with the fact that he is a geek, although he would like to stress that he doesn't hold any kind of leadership role in the organization.

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Shirley B

Excellent teen book

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2023

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I loved it unlikely though it is. The kids are cool. The parents are cool. The story is neat. Definitely recommend.

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Patricia

The YA disclaimer means what it says!

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2014

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This book really is for teens. The style is simplified and the "does he like me?" girl/boy issue gets more space than it deserves given that the presentation is unoriginal. We are told that Malina is fearless, thinks on her feet and is "agent" (spy) material. But when we meet her she is trying to cover up for having lost the book she was supposed to read for class...and doing a very poor job of it.
We then get a glimpse into what Melina's father, Evan, really does for a living and are given a chance to wonder why Evan ever thought of grooming Malia for espionage work when he's afraid to let her out of his sight.
Then, of course, things heat up in the second half of the book and we learn that Melina really is all that her dad believes her to be.
The yarn is a good one, albeit a tad too simplified with some things skipped over....e.g.: if there are 16,000 ways to signal that an agent needs help, how come no one was looking??? And how come no one noticed anything unusual about Melina's mom's coma??? For a bunch of elite spies, they really screwed up!

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LibraryLady

Not predictable

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017

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So many young adult books are so predictable and derivative of other books that I can't remember the character's names after I finish the books.

The characters in The Agent's Daughter are unique and complete. Melina is a typical high school girl who does not spend her time whining - thank goodness. Her brother is a funny, brilliant, and likeable kid. Alex, the boy Melina likes, is a decent young man who anyone would want as a friend.

The story has a quick pace that keeps your interest without losing attention to detail and believability making it hard to put down. I am definitely recommending it for our school library.

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Lady Bacon

A Fun Read - Highly recommended!

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2015

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Although likely to be classified as a Young Adult book, this work is a fun read and moves at a comfortable pace. Melina is a high school student with a younger brother that has an exceptional mind. For her part, Melina has martial skills and a very quick, analytical mind. Her family has gone through a tragedy and she learns that her father's profession is not quite what she has been told. Her mother is in a coma and in a facility as the family becomes engaged in an adventure where deception, action and the key to Melina's mother's coma all blend into an exciting and interesting read.

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017

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This is a quick read, but fun. For a young adult novel it's still a little too fanciful. Adolescents will love it.

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2017

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I enjoyed reading this book very much. The flow of the storyline is very smooth. A lot of technical information is given without getting too overwhelming with details. Very well thought out with many different character personalities examined. I will be buying and downloading the second book in this series as soon as this review is typed.

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Louise Keith

Impressive multi-generational spy tale

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2015

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So, there's this nice girl in an advanced high school science class who likes a new guy and come to find out, their dads work together. Like, totally rad, yah? Super-geeky science dads with smart kids! Hmmmmm - throw in an excellent plot, some gadgets and cool weapons- this book would actually make a terrific family movie. Enjoyed it to the max, dude. Check it out!

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Diana M. Hockley

Young adult novel is okay.

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015

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This YA book is quite good, if outlandish in some ways, and I enjoyed it up to a point. The characters are likable - Melina, the spy in training only she doesn't realise it, Travis the genius younger brother of Melina. - and Alex, the son of a fellow agent of Melina's dad - only he does know it.

Life is not happy for Melina as her mother is in hospital in a coma after a car accident. Her dad - a software engineer - goes off on regular business trips and from time to time has to arrange a "bay sitter" to look after his children who do not know that he is a highly trained agent.

The story caters to the younger reader and that's fine but I found the dialogue stilted and unrealistic. People shorten words when they speak - "I don't" and not "I do not" particularly young people. I would suspect that this is as a result of English not being the author's first language. If it's not, then the dialogue lets the work down.

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