Billy Clikks just your ordinary, run-of-the-mill . . . hero? A guy whose hobbies include skateboarding, extreme mountain bikingand a brand of snowboarding he wishes would include a few good old-fashioned body slams. Unfortunately, 12-year-old Billys boring home town of Piffling, Indiana, will probably never host the X Games. But that doesnt stop him from bungee jumping off a bridge and winning the X-Sports Challenge in front of Daves Cycle and Fitness.Then one day, things suddenly get more interesting. Billy discovers his insect-exterminating parentssupposedly the best in Pifflinghave been living a double life. In just a few short hours, hes sucked into a world that his parents have been trying to hide from him. And this world is much bigger, stranger, and scarier than the one he left behind. How could his own dull parents have so many secrets that even their secrets have secrets? On the bright side, this could be Billys chance to fight some real bad guys: the huge kind with teeth and too many hairy tentacles to count. Within a few hours of learning the truth, hes flying to India and testing out some very cool James Bondstyle gadgetry, things no average 12-year-old can even imagine. But before Billy can fight alongside his parents, hell have to prove himself. Being a hero doesnt always mean getting the bad guysometimes it means keeping a cool head to figure out whats really going on. And at the end of the day, Billy just might get to save the worldor go down trying.From the Hardcover edition.