Alex Rider: Scorpia Rising

Scorpia Rising, by Anthony Horowitz, is the last, and best, of the Alex Rider books. So in order to read this book you should probably read the other 8 in the series. This book is the only book of the series that tells you the bad guy's whole plan before the real book even starts. They do this by making two parts. Scorpia and Alex. Anyways, after Alex's last mission in Kenya almost got him fed to crocodiles, MI6 has finally decided to leave Alex alone once and for all. Even when a case comes up that is perfect for him Mrs. Jones puts her foot down and says no. That all changes when a sniper goes to Alex's school to try to kill him. After Alex beats that guy MI6 decides for Alex's own "safety" he should go on this one last mission. Alex is shipped of to Egypt to investigate a school that Scorpia has been interested in and might even be planning to bomb. This time Jack Starbright comes along with him and Mr. Smithers. Now Alex has to find out Scorpia's plan and stop them. If he does this Scorpia may been stopped permanently since they have already failed twice in the past year. Will Alex be able to stop them or will Alex's last mission come to a disastrous ending? I really liked this book despite how bad Crocodile Tears was. It was a brilliant story. Bringing back an old villain I had completely forgotten about. It also shows you how Mr. Smithers is with his one last secret that is the most surprising of all. The only part that i didn't like is that they had to kill one of Alex's best friends. This book was great and kept me reading up until midnight to figure out what happened to Alex. I really like this book and recommend it to all of you Alex Rider fans. A+