THE MENDELIAN THRESHOLD

Ambitious reporter Nick Hoskins becomes curious about the work of the recently deceased British cloning expert William Smyth. Behind Smyth, Nick learns, stands a whole family of clones; while snooping, he's grabbed by clones Michael and Celeste but, after talking things over, agrees to help them distract their great enemy and rival, the comic-opera evil scientist Sir Henry Wellington (Batman's foe, the Penguin, irresistibly comes to mind). Sir Henry's also an expert on clones, but he grows them for spare parts. Fie! Smitten by the stunning but aloof Celeste, Nick visits the imposing Smyth mansion in England, where the staff is all ex-MI6 and Michael's raising a younger crop of non-Smyth genius clones. Wicked Sir Henry covets them; years ago, he also abducted the first Smyth clone, Adam, to Russia, where he was later reported killed. Adam's not dead, of course; Nick digs him up after a few minutes research on the Internet. Nick, William, and Celeste meet Adam in Russia. He's indeed the missing clone, but Sir Henry's thugs shoot Nick; Celeste vanishes and is thought to be dead. Poor distraught Nick soon learns that Sir Henry has abducted Celeste—and he's also hijacked the plane carrying the young Smyth clones to safety in the US. So, Nick, ex-MI6, and the Michael clones must gallop to the rescue.

A no-brainer.