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"Scorpia" is the fifth book in the series
by Anthony Horowitz featuring teenage M16 superspy Alex Rider and the sequel to
the hugely sucessful
"Eagle
Strike". Still reeling from the discovery he made about his father, Alex
Rider is determined to find out more and travels to Italy where he manages to
infiltrate the world of the beautiful Claudia Rothman - a member of the crime
organisation, Scorpia. But soon Alex finds out that Scorpia are planning an
operation that will destroy the British- American alliance and kill thousands
of innocent people in London. But where does Alex's loyalty really lie - MI6
who have pulled him out of school many times to go under cover or Scorpia who
hold the key to his mysterious past - and to his revenge? |