Alex Rider Mission 9: Scorpia Rising

A teenage spy who wants an ordinary life is pulled back into service for the ninth Alex Rider mission. Anthony Horowitz sets Alex against a criminal organisation whose plan has been years in preparation, and the danger this time is personal. The set pieces are staged with the series' usual attention to gadgetry and geography, while what a permanent double life costs him gives the book weight that pure action would never carry on its own. What distinguishes this copy: • The ninth entry in the long-running Alex Rider sequence • Espionage plotting written for teenagers and adults alike • Action balanced against questions of trust and sacrifice • A mission complete enough for newcomers to start here Aimed at young adult readers, followers of spy fiction and school libraries building series collections, supplied by Boipoka.