2015, first published 2002
This is the third of the Alex Rider books. Alex makes
an enemy of a triad that he is investigating undercover by being a ball-boy at Wimbledon.
To hide him he is sent away on a mission
to work with the CIA. This actually puts
him in more danger than he was from the triad and the two CIA agents with whom
he is working are killed.
There is pace a plenty in this novel, possibly even more
than in the first two books. On the
cover the novel is again described as “Action, Adrenaline, Adventure.” Alex remains a likeable and believable
character, however. We get to know him
better in each book. In this one there
is almost a love interest. Alex is maturing
with his readers.
This is almost James Bond for children and in fact Anthony
Horowitz has been involved in creating further James Bond stories. Alex is given various “toys” to help him with
his mission.
The book is 327 pages long, - so longer than the first two
books - with blocked text and an adult but simple font. The chapters are a
little longer than in the first book. There
are no illustrations.
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