Super Short Summary

In Catherine Jinks’s 2005 young adult thriller Evil Genius, Cadel Piggot, an intellectually gifted but emotionally neglected boy in Sydney, Australia, navigates a world of manipulation and crime under the guidance of his psychoanalyst, Thaddeus Roth. As Cadel attends the Axis Institute, he learns skills in cyber villainy and uncovers sinister truths about his origins and the malevolent forces shaping his life. Overtly sensitive topics such as child manipulation and disability exploitation are present.