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Reader reviewed by Saba

Alex Rider, fourteen, is forcibly recruited into the MI6, after the death of his uncle and only living relative, Ian Rider. Ian Rider, astonishingly, was a spy, working for the MI6 under the cover of a bank manager.

Alex is sent on his first assignment, to investigate the computer businessman Herod Sayle. This millionaire is giving away to every school in Britain free "Stormbreaker" computers, but the MI6 thinks that there's more to the offer than that.

But Sayle Enterprises is not that easy to defeat, and whether their hiding anything or not, security measures are high. Alex must be careful, because if he induces any suspicion, his first assignment will become his last...

Thrilling and action-packed, this is a novel with scenes like a movie, and an ingenious plot that leads up until that last page with that very same question - will Alex survive?