Snakehead

'Alex Rider is on the wrong side of the world - and the law. Alone in Sydney, he is recruited by the Australian government to infiltrate an organized people-smuggling ring: the violent criminal underworld of the Snakeheads. Working undercover as a refugee he moves to Bangkok, where he meets someone he can finally trust - a fellow agent and true friend: or is there any such thing in the poisonous world of espionage?'

Having long been a devotee of Anthony Horowitz's teenage spy series, I recently purchased this even though I had read it when it was first published. It's my favourite of the series so far; this is mainly down to the superbly grotesque villain Major Winston Yu, a man whose obsession with all things British gives Horowitz ample opportunity to describe the minutiae of Yu's daily routine - a routine that incorporates shortbread flown-in from Devon, Axminster carpets and even a British-made bomb with which he intends to terrorise the world.Alex Rider himself achieves closure in an area of his personal life, and there are exotic locations and dastardly deeds aplenty - all resulting in a fast-paced and consistently gripping novel.

Snakehead continues immediately from the point where the previous book - Ark Angel - left off.The book depicts another adventure for Alex which Anthony Horowitz has thought through carefully and in my opinion his expert attention to detail has paid off again.This is a must have for Alex Rider and Anthony Horowitz fans.

Came in perfect condition

Christmas present. Grandson loves the series. Do start reading from book 1.