Des­per­ate Mea­sures con­tains two linked books about a fam­i­ly in peril.

In On The Run, a fam­i­ly at din­ner is noti­fied that the father has been killed. The boys are shocked to dis­cov­er their father was a CIA oper­a­tive, and they enter Wit­ness Pro­tec­tion. But there’s a leak and they must run again, com­plete­ly off the grid. Their only chance for sur­vival is to change every detail of their past, and the boys must be dis­guised as girls—a mas­quer­ade that becomes real as they live in their new gender.

Just A Cos­tume fol­lows their lives to a huge rock con­cert at Madi­son Square Garden.

A Com­pan­ion to Des­per­ate Mea­sures and The Pact.