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Editorial Review:
Undercover in a poisonous world, teen spy Alex Rider is back for his seventh adrenalin-rush adventure!
Splashing down off the coast of Australia, Alex is soon working undercover – this time for ASIS, the Australian Secret Service – on a mission to infiltrate the criminal underworld of South-East Asia: the ruthless world of the Snakehead. Faced with an old enemy and troubled by his own past, Alex is caught between two secret services, with no one to trust – and this time he needs all his wits to survive...
Splashing down off the coast of Australia, Alex is soon working undercover - this time for ASIS, the Australian Secret Service - on a mission to infiltrate the criminal underworld of South-East Asia: the ruthless world of the Snakehead. Faced with an old enemy and troubled by his own past, Alex is caught between two secret services, with no one to trust - and this time he needs all his wits to survive...
Anthony Horowitz is the creator of the phenomenal Alex Rider books and the bestselling Power of Five series and was recently voted the 2007 BA/Nielsen Author of the Year. He won the 2006 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year for Ark Angel and the 2003 Red House Children's Book of the Year Award for Skeleton Key. Anthony, who wrote the script for the Alex Rider movie Stormbreaker, also writes extensively for TV, with credits including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. He lives in Clerkenwell, London.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A great book not as good as the first I am a fan, but this was not as good as the first book. Its abit like Cody Banks.
However it is still a great read, I am an adult and I enjoy these fast pace books. All the Alex Rider, Cody Banks, Young James Bond and Jason Steed books have been fast and great reading.
I dont know why they call them Young Adult, they are great for all ages.
My top 5 would have to be
1) Fledgling Jason Steed.
2) Blood Fever, Young James Bond.
3) Alex Rider, Strombreaker.
4) Agent... more info
another descriptive and fast paced Rider novel Alex Rider returns for another action packed adventure where he drops down on Australian land and is recruited by the ASIS to go undercover in a snakehead, which will ultimately bring him back to an old deadly enemy. In the 7th instalment of the acclaimed series, Horowitz again uses a brilliant depth and accurate view of the world through researching all of the elements to be used in his novel, which has to be admired, and through this, do readers get a great description of what is happening and a very... more info
A good exciting story but ... I found this an exciting book but was let down by the OTT ending.
The slow-burn start was great and more realistic than throwing Alex into a near death experience on page 1.
The middle was fast pasted and well plotted.
However the end was just too rushed and over the top for me.
I know it's only fiction and you need action for an action novel, but if has to be made reasonably believable to make fiction into great fiction.
Not as good as the other Alex Rider books My favourite books are the Alex Rider books like this one and the Jimmy Coates books by Joe Craig.
I started reading Alex Rider books because my brother used to like them as well and I have enjoyed them a lot so far. I started with the first one Stormbreaker. They are full of action and you just don't know what is going to happen next.
I would definitely recommend this book but only if you have already read Stormbreaker and the other Alex Rider books.
This one is number 7 that I have read... more info
