Trouble stalks fourteen-year-old Alex Rider wherever he goes.Forcibly recruited after his uncle's sudden death by the MI6, this is his eighth mission yet. Alex is enjoying a normal lifestyle and when he accompanies his friend Sabina Pleasure and her father to a charity party hosted by Reverand Desmond McCain at Kilmore Castle in Scotland on New Year's Eve, he's not expecting anything unusual. He lands himself in a game of Texas Hold'em with the host himself and somehow, out of sheer luck, Alex wins the competition- grabbing what was almost McCain's victory. Later on, as Mr.Pleasure drives them back home, a terrifying accident occurs. Miraculously, they all survive but Alex is the only one who knows that the so-called accident wasn't necessarily an unfortunate coincidence but a gunshtot fired by a marksman. Who had deliberately orchestrad this plot?
Days later, Alex is once again sent on a mission. This time to copy data from Greenfield Bio Centre where research into anitvenoms and production of GM crops is being undertaken. The MI6 suspect there's somthing fishy going on and since they don't have any rock-hard evidence, they decide that it's worth leaving no stones unturned. As Alan Blunt puts it "it's a mission hardly worth your talent" but what Alex discovers puts him once again in the path of danger.
I would reccomend it to readers who're interested in action, fighting and a little mystery combined. The plot is definitely NOT dull and will keep you captivated.This is the eighth book in the series and in a few ways the plot is similar to those of the previus ones, however, I haven't read the other books for sometime so I still enjoyed it.
Days later, Alex is once again sent on a mission. This time to copy data from Greenfield Bio Centre where research into anitvenoms and production of GM crops is being undertaken. The MI6 suspect there's somthing fishy going on and since they don't have any rock-hard evidence, they decide that it's worth leaving no stones unturned. As Alan Blunt puts it "it's a mission hardly worth your talent" but what Alex discovers puts him once again in the path of danger.
I would reccomend it to readers who're interested in action, fighting and a little mystery combined. The plot is definitely NOT dull and will keep you captivated.This is the eighth book in the series and in a few ways the plot is similar to those of the previus ones, however, I haven't read the other books for sometime so I still enjoyed it.
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