Recently I was reminded of a series of books that I never got round to finishing and I can't remember what it is to save my life Can anybody help me? Details I can remember  - A boy after discovering he has these weird abilities and enhancements is being pursued by some unknown group, (who helped create him)  - His parents were just scientists who helped create him and were tasked with bringing him up  - He eventually joins some sort of resistance  - At some point his "father" became the prime minister after murdering the previous PM  - Where I had gotten to there were three children known to have been "enhanced"   - There was the main character (who was a boy), I think what was meant to be his brother, and a french girl (who was working for the french government)     Any help would greatly be appreciated
I read this book a few years back (around 5?). It was part of a multibook series but I have only read one book.  It's about this teenager who I think had been programmed to be an assassin but then somehow retained his conscience and was out to get the people responsible for that.  I briefly remember a girl, and this one part where he realizes he can ride a horse and then there's a chase too. I think the guy's name was Jim or Jimmy, but not quite. I'm also quite sure he was either part computer, or had a chip or something in his brain which had been programmed to give him a host of mental and physical abilities which he retained and used as well as the series progressed.
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