Title: Stormbreaker
Author: Anthony Horowitz
It all starts when Alex's uncle, Ian Rider, dies. He was told that Ian Rider died in a car accident because he did not put on his seatbelt. However, being close to him, Alex had a suspicion due to the fact that his uncle was and had always been a very cautious person and never forgets little things like putting on his seatbelt. And because of his curiosity, he then went to the junkyard and saw his uncle's car filled with bullet holes. It was then that he realised his uncle was murdered.'
He was then partially forced to join MI6 due to certain reasons. Then, he went to a two week training course and went on the mission where Ian Rider was killed.
Well, of course there is always a bad guy in these types of books. So, the criminal here is Herod Sayle. Sayle is a multi-millionaire producing state-of-the-art computers, Stormbreaker. Stormbreaker has a new technology that Sayle created and is said to be a milestone in technology history. And he is going to generously donate these to every school in Britain. However, MI6 thinks that something fishy is going on. Furthermore, Ian Rider died on this particular as well, thus, this created more suspicion.
The final resort is to sent Alex Rider undercover there to find out the truth. Many things happened when Alex was there and in the final chapters of the book, Alex had uncovered that Herod Sayle had actually place a deadly virus to kill every child in Britain since he had lost his childhood. However, before Alex had the chance to report this matter, he was caught. He was placed in a large tank, with one of the most deadly jellyfishes in the world, to die a slow and miserable death. But he used one of the gadgets he was given and escaped. In the end, he had stopped Herod Sayle's evil plans and saved the millions of children in Britain.
These are just the general storyline of the book and you want to know more of the story? That's for me to know and for you to find out.
Overall, this is a interesting book but I seriously doubt that it would happen in real life. This book is more suitable for teens. Moreover, this book has even won awards like New York Times #1 Children's Bestseller.
Personally, I feel that this book, written by Anthony Horowitz, is rather interesting because somehow, it makes me visualize the scenes and thus, making me understand the book better.
Thats all from this book!
