Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson is out of luck. His charm and singing
voice--and penchant for bursting into song at all the wrong times--can't
keep him out of trouble anymore. When he's arrested (again), he's given
a choice: die in juvie or become a shadow--the fearless, unstoppable,
and top-secret guardian of a Future Important Person, or FIP.
With nothing to lose, Hutch accepts. After two grueling years at the
Future Affairs Training and Education (FATE) Center, Hutch, now 16, can
barely remember the boy he once was. Ready for anything, he expects to
be plunged into a battle zone.
Instead, he learns that his FIP is someone named Ryo Enomoto: the
soon-to-be front man of the boy band International. Worse, Hutch has to
put his old talents to use. He must join the band and change his name to
Bobby Sky. Is this for real? Has he really turned himself into a lethal
killing machine . . . only to become a teen pop sensation?
