Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-31
• Released on: 2007-10-31
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Synopsis
Alex Rider is on the wrong side of the world - and the law. Alone in Sydney, he is recruited by the Australian government to infiltrate an organized people-smuggling ring: the violent criminal underworld of the Snakeheads. Working undercover as a refugee he moves to Bangkok, where he meets someone he can finally trust - a fellow agent and true friend: or is there any such thing in the poisonous world of espionage?

Customer Reviews

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.

Grand Theft Auto- Just a game?
It would be unfair not to pay tribute to this book for its extraordinary writing, its attention to detail (no two paragraphs are the same), its scope and linguistic style. Or so I'm told. I haven't read it, of course. I did have a go at the author's previous book, but I believe there's a secret language built into all modern novels that makes them stultifyingly boring and at times nausea-inducing to anyone aged over 25. Even so, young people tell me that it is very good indeed.

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 and in my opinion it is not as good as the other books. There is too much talking and too many things in the story that are obvious like who is going to betray Alex Rider and other twists like that which are unsurprising. In my opinion the Alex Riders books are still amazing but maybe now the Jimmy Coates books are better.