Scan is all fast-paced action that pits a super smart and talented teen (think MacGyver with jui-jitsu skills) against a variety of ruthless agents that want what he has-- a super-secret piece of technology, developed by his father, that can tell the difference between humans and aliens.
Tate Archer finds the scanner while snooping in his father's lab and decides to take it to school, where it gets way too much attention. He doesn't realize the import of what he's done until he, his father, and his girlfriend Christina are chased from the building by police who shoot to kill. Someone in the school--probably an agent of the aliens, has turned them in.
Tate's father dies from a gunshot wound, and Tate and his immensely spirited and resourceful girlfriend run from the bad guys and struggle to stay ahead of pursuit while they figure out whom they can trust. Tate's dad cautioned him about trusting any aliens (known as H2) or even the core group of pure humans--The Fifty--who stand against them. Both sides want the scanner and are willing to destroy Tate and Christina to get it.
Suspense builds as inevitably the hunters close in. Some of the strategies to escape imminent capture seem a bit far fetched to me, but I'm no chemist. The non-stop action is tempered by talk of Tate's relationship with his girlfriend--yes, there is romance. Overall, this is a fun summer read with, I suspect, a sequel in the works.
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