Alex investigates the mine and, following the path left by his uncle, discovers a large computer manufacturing facility, where the Stormbreaker computers are being filled with a strange fluid. Through some fancy driving and good fortune, Alex manages to cause the destruction of the hostile jeeps. Unfortunately for Vole, she dies painfully and instantly, as she stood directly in front of the tank when it burst, and the immense jellyfish landed right on her.
After a near escape from a car crusher, Alex is asked to visit Ian's former employers, a bank called "Royal & General." Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. When one of the agents drops a metal case, he is promptly executed by Yassen. He hitches a ride to London to stop Sayle from activating the Stormbreakers and releasing their secret weapon throughout Britain.
Alex is cleverly manipulated by MI6 to work for him; his mission is to find out what's going on with the Stormbreakers, high-tech virtual reality computers that have some kind of virus in them. In 2006 a film adaptation of Stormbreaker was released to theatres starring Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider with Geoffrey Sax directing. Suddenly, Sayle and his evil henchmen capture Alex. Sayle shows Alex around his mock-Victorian mansion, which houses a large jellyfish aquarium containing a giant Portuguese Man o' War, located in his office. Alex becomes suspicious upon being told that Ian had not been wearing his seat belt and discovering that Ian's office has been emptied out. The next afternoon, Alex decides to visit Port Tallon, the nearby village but finds himself attacked by a pair of armed guards on quad bikes. The driver is none other than Sayle who holds Alex at gunpoint. Going undercover, he infiltrates Sayle's compound. When his guardian and uncle, Ian, is mysteriously killed, Alex discovers [11], This article is about the 2000 novel. The funeral is planned and executed by a man from the bank where Ian was an executive. When Sayle attended school, he was bullied because of his accent and skin colour. (�� Ian's handlers, Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones, co-opt Alex to take over the case on which Ian was working and for which he was killed, namely following the exploits of an American businessman named Darrius Sayle, who wants to provide his new state-of-the-art computer system, Stormbreaker, to every British child. This Study Guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - Recruited by Mr. Blunt and Mrs. Jones, and armed with special gadgets, he embarks on his first mission. When they are finally over London, Alex realises that there is not much time left before noon. A moment later the car is lifted and put into a crusher. When Alex wakes, he finds himself inside a house at a training facility. They reveal the truth about his uncle's job and explain that they had sent Ian to investigate Herod Sayle, a wealthy Lebanese (Egyptian in American adaptations) businessman who has developed a revolutionary new computer, the Stormbreaker. Alex quickly begins following the clues his uncle left behind and comes to realize that Herod Sayle has implanted a modified smallpox virus into each computer with the intention of having the Prime Minister kill all of England's school children with the push of one button. A. Title/AuthorB. Initially, the trip goes well, with Alex finding a cryptic diagram made by Ian in the canopy of his four-poster bed. << /DL 69290 /Width 250 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Height 383 /Filter [/DCTDecode] /Subtype /Image /Length 69290 /Type /XObject /BitsPerComponent 8 >> Knowing that he is facing his uncle's killer, Alex tells Yassen he will one day kill him, but Yassen brushes aside the comment and tells Alex to drop the spy business and become a normal schoolboy again, before leaving in the helicopter.
This competition was originally open to schools only, but in the current circumstances we […] This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Alex Rider universe.This article has been featured! As for Vole, she was directly in front of the tank when it burst, releasing the immense jellyfish and causing it to land right on her, killing her Snatching up a harpoon gun, Alex rushes outside to find that Sayle's private helicopter has already left, leaving only a cargo plane on the tarmac.
Unbeknownst to Alex and his housekeeper Jack Starbright, Ian's job as a banker was actually a cover for his role as an MI6 agent. When his guardian, Ian Rider, dies in suspicious circumstances, 14-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down.
Alex Rider is a 14-year-old schoolboy who lives with his uncle Ian and their housekeeper Jack Starbright. The book begins with Alex Riderlearning that his uncle and guardian, Ian Rider, has been killed in a car crash. The graphic novel was an adaptation of the screenplay written for the movie released the same year, and was intended as a tie-in for the film. Alex is detected, and nearly escapes but is eventually caught and tranquillised. To celebrate, we’re inviting you to enter our Alex Rider short story competition, now with an extended entry date until Friday 24th July 2020. The book was released in the United Kingdom on the 4th of September 2000, and in United States release on 21st of May 2001, where it became a New York Times Bestseller. MI6 immediately recalls all the computers, citing "safety issues". Stormbreaker is the first book in the Alex Rider series, written by British author Anthony Horowitz. When Alex questions Yassen about why he shot Sayle, Yassen explains that Sayle had become an embarrassment to "(his) employers", so he had to be eliminated. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. Alex crashes through the roof of the Science Museum and dangles from his parachute, caught on a beam. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and Alex must find out what it is.
Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in grueling SAS training exercises, then, armed with his own special gadgets, he's off on his first mission. Alex pulls out the Game Boy Color and activates a cartridge disguised as a game called "Bomber Boy", which activates a smoke bomb. In this novel, Alex's uncle dies in what he is told is a car accident. �� C�� �" �� Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by British author Anthony Horowitz about a teenage spy named Alex Rider.The series is aimed primarily at teens and young adults. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries … This article is not part of the Alex Rider universe. Using his cunning and his MI6 gadgets, Alex manages to escape.
When he comes to, Herod explains to Alex his plan. Walker Books (UK). He meets the tycoon's sinister sidekicks, vixen publicist Nadia Vole and the disfigured mute Mr. Grin, and tests out the impressive and secretive Stormbreaker computer. Alex Rider is a normal school boy with a normal life, until his uncle Ian Rider dies.
In his last communication with them, Ian had warned MI6 that the Stormbreakers could not be allowed to leave Sayle's manufacturing plant, but before he could explain, he was assassinated by Yassen Gregorovich, a professional killer apparently under Sayle's employ, on the return to London. London and Port Tallon, England. Alex is then sent to a military training camp near Credenhill, the home of the Special Air Service. Unbeknownst to Alex and his housekeeper Jack Starbright, Ian's job as a banker was actually a cover for his role as an MI6 agent. Parents Guide.
He leads Alex to the top of a building where he is about to shoot Alex but is himself shot by Yassen Gregorovich, who lands in a helicopter.
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