"Matt Merton finds an Enemy and he knows he must stop him. That's his job. But he can't do it. Who can he trust if he can't trust himself? Has Matt really lost his nerve?" -- p. 4 of cover. "The Shadow series is set in the near future, where an alien invasion has left the Earth devastated and a mysterious organization - The Firm - holds power. This series follows the story of Matt Merton who works for The Firm and is trained to identify and hunt the enemy-the aliens among us." -- Scholastic Curriculum Resources Catalog.

This is a High interest-Low vocabulary reader at a grade 2 RL.

Contains 10 books -- Loss of Nerve - book #3 of the Shadows series.