Skeleton Key

by Horowitz, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780399237775
• ISBN10: 0399237771
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-28
• Publisher: Philomel

Summary

Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside, and stood face-to-face with evil. Twice, young Alex has saved the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first. The phenomenon that is the Alex Rider series returns with pulse-quickening action as, for the first time, Britain's MI6 and America's CIA unite forces. Be glad Alex is on our side.

Author Biography

Anthony Horowitz has been called "the busiest writer in Britain" by a major British newspaper -- and with good reason. He is passionate about his work, often writing ten hours a day as he tries to balance multiple careers as a popular children's book author, playwright, and screenwriter for television and movies. Mr. Horowitz lives in London with his wife, Jill, and their two sons, Nicholas and Cassian

Table of Contents

In the Dark	p. 1
Match Point	p. 15
Blood and Strawberries	p. 30
The Cribber	p. 46
Two Weeks in the Sun	p. 63
Not So Special Agents	p. 80
Death of a Salesman	p. 97
Passport Control	p. 119
Brotherhood Square	p. 132
The Devil's Chimney	p. 144
The Crusher	p. 162
The House of Slaves	p. 175
Heartbeat	p. 188
The Nuclear Dustbin	p. 204
Security Nightmare	p. 220
The End of the World	p. 236
After Alex	p. 256
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