Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure)
by Anthony Horowitz
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Author: Anthony HorowitzBrand: Penguin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-16
ISBN: 0142405787
Number of pages: 400
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Speak
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- ISBN13: 9780142405789
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure)
Book Review: does not contain any "spoilers".
Summary: 5 Stars
this book was action-packed and very exciting to read. scorpia was different than other alex rider books because along with the basic mystery there is another one, not about saving the world, but about alex and his father, john rider. just when you tink one thing is going to happen, something totally differemt does so don't expect anything (especially at the end).
Summary of Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure)
Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia's latest plot: an operation known only as "Invisible Sword" that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped?Fans of the Alex Rider Adventures will not be disappointed by the slam-bang action in this fifth book in the spy thriller series, although the ending may leave them feeling a bit dismayed. A parachute jump onto the roof of a super-secure pharmaceutical complex, a desperate escape from a water-filled cellar under the canals of Venice, elegant and witty encounters with mega-criminals bent on death -- it's all here, and Alex, still 14-years old, comes out ahead every time in spite of the heavy odds against him. "Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny," Alex was told by a dying man at the end of the previous book, Eagle Strike. And so we find him; in Venice, with his friend Tom, looking for clues to his father's identity and death. Was he an agent of M16, the secret world organization that has used Alex before? Or was he a tool of Scorpia, the powerful international criminal agency that specializes in sabotage, corruption, intelligence, and assassination? And which are the bad guys? Alex loses track as he is recruited by the beautiful and deadly Julia Rothman, one of the nine executives of Scorpia, to be trained at their Venetian island school for assassins and to take part in a plot to kill thousands of 12 and 13-year-olds in England. Caught between shifting allegiances and different versions of his father's life and death, Alex outwits and outfights everybody as the plot rockets along to a smash finish that will leave readers breathless and shocked. (Ages 10-14) --Patty Campbell
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