Medusa Project Books in Order
Part ofSophie McKenzie Books in OrderSee the Medusa Project series by Sophie McKenzie in order, with book summaries, series background on the psychic teens, and guidance on the best reading order to follow.
Last updated: January 16, 2026
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Publication Order
7 books
Hit Squad
by Sophie McKenzie
2012
With the Medusa Project about to be shut down and the teens sent to separate lives, Nico and his friends decide to investigate rumours of a drug that can copy their powers. Joined by new allies, they launch one last mission that could destroy them.
Hunted
by Sophie McKenzie
2011
Dylan has never quite fitted into the Medusa Project, even though her late father created the gene that powers it. A new clue about his death sends her chasing a hidden legacy, a mysterious boy who knows too much, and a killer determined to stop her.
Double-Cross
by Sophie McKenzie
2011
A mission in Sydney brings Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan face to face with two other Medusa teens whose abilities outstrip even their own. As alliances shift and secrets surface, the team must work out who to trust before they are betrayed from within.
The Thief
by Sophie McKenzie
2010
In this shorter Medusa adventure, the team are sent after a mysterious thief whose daring break ins suggest powers just like theirs. Tracking the culprit through a high risk mission, they start to realise the Medusa gene may not be as secret as they were told.
The Rescue
by Sophie McKenzie
2010
Sent to a secluded training camp in Spain, the Medusa teens are meant to be safe. When mind reader Ed is blackmailed into helping criminals, his choice puts everyone at risk and forces the group to decide how far they will go to protect each other.
The Hostage
by Sophie McKenzie
2010
Ketty is hiding frightening psychic visions from her friends when her brother Lex is dragged into a bomb plot at work. To save him, she must use her Medusa abilities in secret, risking the team’s cover and her fragile relationship with Nico.
The Set Up
by Sophie McKenzie
2009
Teenager Nico suddenly discovers he can move objects with his mind and is recruited into the secret Medusa Project alongside other gene enhanced teens. Their first mission, stopping a dangerous criminal deal, forces them to test their powers, loyalties and the limits of trust.
Series background & context
Fourteen years before the Medusa Project books begin, a scientist secretly altered a handful of embryos with a gene designed to unlock psychic abilities. Those babies grew up scattered across Europe, unaware that they had been changed or that anyone was still watching.
As teenagers, Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan start to experience strange flashes of power they cannot control. One can move objects with his mind, another sees danger before it happens, while others can slip inside people’s thoughts or push their bodies past normal limits.
They are pulled together by a shadowy government agency and trained as an off the books crime fighting unit. On paper they are helping to stop kidnaps, arms deals and organised crime. In reality they are constantly having to decide who to trust, how far to go and whether the adults handling them really have their best interests at heart.
Across the series the Medusa teens are sent from boarding schools and city streets to a hidden training camp in Spain and dangerous missions around the world. They deal with corrupt businessmen, rogue scientists and criminals desperate either to control the Medusa gene or wipe it out completely.
Alongside the action there is plenty of friction inside the team. Nico’s arrogance, Ketty’s fear about losing control, Ed’s self doubt and Dylan’s complicated family history all spill into the way they use their abilities. Crushes, jealousy and shifting loyalties make the group feel like a real set of friends under pressure rather than a perfect squad of superheroes.
Later books widen the Medusa universe to include other gene carriers and the threat of a designer drug that can copy their powers. The teens have to decide whether they are weapons, victims or something in between, and whether they can ever go back to ordinary life.
Fast paced, packed with cliffhangers and grounded in the everyday worries of school, friendship and family, the Medusa Project is ideal if you like your adventure stories with a strong sci fi twist and a very human heart.
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