9/8/2023 0 Comments Alex riderDiscovering Jack's cell, Alex finds the name "Grimaldi" scraped into the wall, but is ambushed by a group of six bandits formerly in Scorpia's pay who want revenge on him: he fights them off and is unexpectedly rescued by Colonel Ali Manzour of the Egyptian Secret Service, who he had encountered previously.Ĭolonel Manzour, displeased by Alex's presence, is ready to repatriate him and dismissive of his evidence that Jack may be alive. After beating up a pair of bullies who had picked on him and Feldman in the past, Alex gets a plane ticket to Cairo in order to retrace his steps from where he last saw Jack: at the now-ruined Scorpia fortress in Siwa. With the help of computer geek Johnny Feldman, Alex is able to retrace the message and sneaks away from the Pleasure family when they go on holiday. One afternoon, while checking his email, Alex discovers a message that reads "ALEXX I'M AL - " and realizes that Jack might still be alive: the apparent misspelling of his name was a private joke between the two of them. Tulip Jones, head of MI6 Special Operations, who launches a hunt for it in vain.Īlex Rider, living in San Francisco as the ward of Edward and Liz Pleasure, has been unable to fully acclimatize to life in America after the death of his guardian, Jack Starbright, in Cairo, experiencing PTSD-induced flashbacks and drifting away from his friend and former love interest Sabina Pleasure. The theft and disappearance of the helicopter makes its way to Mrs. The helicopter is then hidden in the English countryside on a gimmicked landing pad that re-positions it vertically, allowing it to be concealed inside a dummy windmill. And the question of whether Jack is alive soon takes a backseat to a chilling new terrorist plot-one that will determine the lives of many.įrom Egypt to France to Wales, from luxury yachts to abandoned coal mines, Alex traverses a minefield of dangers and cryptic clues as he fights to discover the truth.Ī Serbian mercenary pilot, (Named Dragana Novak,) infiltrates an air show in Suffolk to steal a Super Stallion on loan from the United States Air Force. Armed with this shred of hope, Alex boards a flight bound for Egypt and embarks on a dubious quest to track Jack down. With Jack gone, Alex feels lost and alone, but then, out of the blue, he receives a cryptic email-just three words long, but enough to make Alex believe that Jack may be alive. Americans may have purchased more than 6 million copies of Alex's adventures, but now, more than ever, we all need his heroics.įollowing the events of Scorpia Rising, Alex relocates to San Francisco as he slowly recovers from the tragic death of his best friend and caregiver, Jack Starbright, at the hands of terrorists working for SCORPIA. The world's greatest teen spy is back in action in a thrilling new mission: destroy once and for all the terrorist organization SCORPIA.
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