| Point Blank |  | Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin
Category: eBooks
In Stock
Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 7,980
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: February 16, 2006
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Product Description
When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious-and identical-overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.
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 Where to get it? August 8, 2010
Tal (Flagstaff, Azerbaijan)
Very hard to find but you can order for much cheaper from amazon.co.ca, even if you live in the states.
Amazing! June 9, 2010
This is the best one in the series it's got boat loads of actions and keeps you hanging the whole time. It's a combination of humor and action. A non-stop thriller!
 alysa thinks this book ROCKS!(tokyo,japan) March 29, 2010
yeah. this one is as good as stormbreaker.....granted some parts were pretty predictable. but it was none stop action from the very beginning. fyi: i think mr. blunt is a selfish person from the very beginning when he blackmailed alex in stormbreaker.
It was WAY better than the first one ( USA) March 25, 2010
MV (usa)
this book was AWSOME! the gadgets are better, the villin is crazyer, pluss it has all the clasic spy stunts that keep you on the edge of your seet throughout the book :)
Horowitz's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" March 23, 2010
"Eric the Well-Read"
I am 38 years old, but I have a young cousin who has read all the Alex Rider books, and I decided to read them myself so that the two of us would have something to talk about the next time he visits.
Having read all of the original James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, I am amused by how Anthony Horowitz continues paying homage to Fleming. This time around, Horowitz clearly models Point Blank on Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Both books are set in an isolated mountaintop hideaway from which the villains carry out their evil and elaborate plots, and both books contain narrow escapes, exciting downhill chase sequences, and over-the-top action. Both books are also a lot of fun. I can see why my cousin enjoys them.
While I liked the first Alex Rider book (Stormbreaker), I think I enjoyed Point Blank more. The story seemed to move along faster, especially the last half. The violence, though tame by adult fiction standards, continues to surprise me but not in a negative sense. This is an action/adventure series, after all.
I don't want to give anything away, so I will simply say that I liked the ending, which sets up some interesting villainous possibilities for future books in the series. Could Dr. Hugo Grief become Alex Rider's own version of Fleming's Blofeld? Certainly Eva Stellenbosch, Dr. Grief's right-hand gal, bears some similarities to Blofeld's long-time companion and co-conspirator, Irma Bunt (both women are noted as being especially ugly and completely devoted to their men).
I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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