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Snakehead

Anthony Horowitz

2007381 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2007
first published
  • 2007Hachette · 381 pages · ENGISBN 9782012014961
  • 2008Paw Prints · ENGISBN 9781439557723
  • 2008Penguin Group USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781429571135
  • 2008Walker Books · 413 pages · ENGISBN 9781406310399
  • 2010Galaxy · ENGISBN 9781405664196
  • 2014Walker Books · 410 pages · ENGISBN 9781406358858
  • 2012Scholastic · 388 pages · ENGISBN 9780545461054
  • 2007Philomel · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780399241611

What goes up must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be—in outer space. When he crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet . . . and that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.From the slums of Bangkok to the Australian Outback to the middle of the Timor Sea, Snakehead is Alex Rider's most action-packed adventure yet.

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Character focusSingle lead

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