Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz is the final book in the Alex Rider series. Alex (now 15) is a reluctant spy for MI6.After not hearing from MI6 for months, Alex and his guardian Jack Starbright are hopeful that his time working for them is at an end. Alex is happy to be just an ordinary boy - going to school and playing soccer.
But one day in class, his instincts have him looking across the school yard to the roof of a construction site, where he sees a man with what can only be a sniper rifle. And once again, Alex is pulled into the world of espionage.
The evil organization Scorpia, that Alex has defeated twice already, has a plan in mind to rebuild their reputation and get rid of Alex at the same time. They are going to use him to blackmail the English government.
This last novel is a fight to the finish. Horowitz packs so much action into so few pages that readers' heads will spin. Don't start this book (or the series) on a school night - you will be staying up late to finish it.
Horowitz, Anthony. (2010). Scorpia Rising. New York: Philomel Books.
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