Alex Rider is done with MI6. After nearly dying for British intelligence, he just wants a normal life. But when a shadow organization called Scorpia reveals a devastating secret about his father's death, Alex is pulled into their world — one where assassins are trained like athletes and loyalty is bought with blood. Scorpia claims his dad worked for them, not against them, and they want Alex to join the family business. The choice: believe the spies who've used him, or trust the killers who say they're telling the truth. Anthony Horowitz cranks the tension while delivering his sharpest emotional gut-punch yet. This is the fifth Alex Rider novel, but the one where everything Alex thought he knew gets torched. For fans of high-stakes espionage and protagonists who have every reason to make the wrong choice.
