Eagle Strike (Alex Rider) (utgåvan 2006)

I read this because my son (12) read the series. Both he and I enjoyed it. ( )

Alex tries pretty hard to be a regular teen but trouble keeps tracking him down. When he is forced to reveal who he is to his friend, Sabina, she rejects his story as a ploy for attention. Alex finds himself dragged into the middle of another mad man's plans, this time without back up from MI6. All the tropes of a man too rich to be a suspect are used, but the action is good and the plot twists pull the reader into the next book. ( )

Good read for kids, essentially James Bond as a kid. ( )

This book leaves off right where Skeleton Key ends and it has a great beginning. So Alex was on vacation with Sabina and then he finds trouble as usual. He finds Yassen Gregorovich the assassin who killed his uncle in book one Storm Breaker and he follows him. He gets caught and Yassen forces Alex to enter in a bullfight. He escapes and goes back for more and then he hears the popstars voice Damien Cray. Alex wonders why a popstar would call an assassin and he goes back home and calls it a day. After searching and searching for information he finds out that Cray is planning to attack Air Force One to get the missiles. In some ways Cray is crazy and in someways he isn't. His plan is to use the nuclear missiles in the Air Force One to aim them at countries that countries that supply a large portion of the drug market. He thinks that he is helping a lot and he says to help the world a couple thousand of people must die. Suprisingly, Yassen, Alex, and Sabrina are all forced to board Air Force One and when Cray orders Yassen to shoot Alex he refuses because Alex later learns that Alex's dad taught Yassen and he was an apprentice to him. Cray then takes matters into his own hands and shoots Yassen and aims at Alex. You should read the book to find out if Alex will survive another mission or will he not. This book has a lot of suspense I really liked it.

Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to feel like an ordinary fourteen-year-old while relaxing at the south of France with his almost girlfriend Sabina when suddenly... a ruthless attack on this friend's family brings him back to the world of violence and mystery he used to live in. Alex is determined to find out what happened to his friend's family and this time Alex must do it alone because MI6 don't want to know.The twist at the end of this adventure leads to a hidden secret which Alex wishes he didn't even discover. This is a daring and surprising book that makes you hooked and wanting for more. ( )