Eagle Strike - Softcover

Horowitz, Anthony

4.12

52,705 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142402923 ISBN 13: 9780142402924

Publisher: Speak, 2005

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The latest two Alex Rider books in audio: complete and unabridged. Now the internationally bestselling series about reluctant teenage spy, Alex Rider, is available as audiobooks on both cassette and CD. Fans of the young hero will be thrilled by these complete and unabridged narrations which bring Alex's action-packed adventures to life. Read aloud by promising young actor Oliver Chris, Skeleton Key, the third title in the series so far, features nearly five hours of thrilling action, and Eagle Strike almost six. Each pack contains at least four digitally mastered CDs and cassettes, and at just [pound]12.99 for each title, these audiobooks would make an ideal gift for any young reader! * Complete and unabridged readings of the third and fourth bestselling titles in the Alex Rider series with at least four cassettes/CDs in each pack.

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Anthony Horowitz's fourth fictional foray into the world of British spy agency MI6, Eagle Strike, sees teenage sleuth Alex Rider once again fighting ingenious villains and charming every girl he meets. Eagle Strike, starts out calmly enough with Alex and his lovely companion, Miss Sabina Pleasure, on holiday with her family in the south of France. But before you can say Goldfinger, he spots his old nemesis, renowned assassin Yassen Gregorovich, on the beach. Alex discovers a plan so diabolical that it makes all of his previous adventures seem like a stroll in the Queen Mother's garden. Alex must fight to keep Gregorovich from executing the plans of a mysterious and murderous madman--an operation code-named "Eagle Strike". He will just have to face down a few minor complications first: a virtual reality game that inflicts real pain; a fleet of Porche 911 GT3-driving hit men; and even a near-fatal brush with death aboard the most famous aircraft in the world, Air Force One. Eagle Strike, as with all the other ridiculously fun Alex Rider adventures, is a pure pleasure from start to finish. Even the most reluctant of readers won't be able to resist Alex's Bond-like ingenuity and charisma. Anthony Horowitz is a master of pacing, and as Alex swings from one cliff-hanging chapter to the next, Horowitz proves that you don't have to be Shakespeare to pen a crackerjack plot. --Jennifer Hubert, Amazon.com

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"* "Horowitz will grip you with suspense, daring and cheek - and that's just the first page!... Prepare for action scenes as fast as a movie." The Times * "Done with enormous style, fun and suspense. Wannabe James Bonds will be completely hooked and eager for more." The Guardian * "Bring new meaning to the phrase, 'action packed'. Sunday Times * "Every bored schoolboy's fantasy, only a thousand times funnier, slicker and more exciting... genius." The Independent on Sunday

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