OK, I was searching for some thing from CS Lewis to listen to yesterday, but Libby gave me JS Louis. I went ahead and listen to it anyway. Not too bad for a young adult book. It kind of reminded me of the old Disney movies were the teenagers end up being the superspies, while the adults end up helping them. The most annoying parts, were the musical interludes between chapters, Grandpa having a 1946 Chevrolet pick-up (something that was never built) and the girl with a vintage Thunderbird that had three points seatbelts (another thing that wasn’t in a 50s T-Bird).
Colt is a surfer, and his parents pass under mysterious circumstances - it is after they are gone that he finds out that "reality" isn't really what we are told it is. We have aliens, shapeshifters, and mind control. His parents were part of C.H.A.O.S. and he joins this secret society to find out who murdered his parents so he can get revenge.