![]() His father was a failed oral hygienist" (really ? a failed oral hygienist, of all things ? in Cairo ?), but he saved some visiting English tourists when he was a boy, and they plucked him out of there and basically adopted him, buying him the finest education possible. He was: "born in complete poverty in the backstreets of Cairo. The man Ian was investigating was self-made millionaire - and one-time schoolmate of the current British Prime Minister - Herod Sayle. It turns out that Uncle Ian wasn't quite who he said he was rather than working for a bank, he worked for the government.Īnd he was working on a big case when he got himself killed - a case where Alex can conveniently follow in, if not fill, his footsteps. The fourteen-year-old orphan doesn't start out as a secret agent, but his life changes when his uncle, Ian Rider, who raised him, is killed in what is reported to be a car accident. Stormbreaker, the first volume in the series, introduces teen secret agent Alex Rider. Stormbreaker is the first in the Alex Rider seriesī- : simplistic, but starts off well enough before getting too cartoonishly ludicrous. ![]() ![]() General information | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]()
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