- Mystery, Spies in fiction, Terrorism in fiction, Terrorism
Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first... Uniting forces with America's own CIA for the first time, teen spy Alex Rider battles terror from the sun-baked beaches of Miami all the way to the barren ice fields of northernmost Russia. Come along for the thrilling ride of a lifetime.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Anthony Horowitz
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 327
- Publisher
- Speak, Heinemann Educational Publishers, Penguin Young Readers Group
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780744565874
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“Die Nacht senkte sich schnell über die Insel Skeleton Key.”
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony is a born polymath; juggling writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 40 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which he adapted into a movie that was released worldwide in 2006. The Alex Rider series is estimated to have sold 19 million copies worldwide. His highly anticipated novel, Oblivion, the epic conclusion to the Power of Five series, was published in October 2012. Anthony is also an acclaimed writer for adults and was commissioned by the Conan Doyle Estate and Orion Books to write t
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