Point Blank (Alex Rider Adventure)

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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Assignment: Certain Death

By Mel Odom - July 27, 2002

Alex Rider, the youngest spy ever recruited and forced into service by MI6--Great Britain's premiere espionage agency, returns in POINT BLANK with a vengeance. Only a few days have passed since Alex's last adventure when he helped catch the man responsible for murdering his uncle, Ian Rider, who had also been a spy. His excuses, a doctor's note no one quite believes, have barely been made before he's spirited off by Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones, the head of Special Operations. Two deaths of rich and powerful men, one of them a personal friend of Blunt's, have triggered an investigation into the matter of those deaths. One man was killed violently while the other, a VERY careful man, apparently died by an unfortunate accident. The common denominator: both men had problem children, sons that were sent to a new school in France called Point Blanc. Blunt assigns Alex to infiltrate the school on a Search and Report mission. Once there, Alex discovers that the boys attending the school... read more

A sequel shaken - not stirred

By Erika Soeterik - May 2, 2002

Alex Rider is the youngest member of Britain's elite M16 spying agency. He didn't think it would be too bad, but it's hard to be James Bond when everyone thinks that you are too young to carry a gun. After barely surviving his last adventure Alex is back at school - but M16 has plans for Alex. Shipped off to Point Blanc Academy, Alex is about to face a dangerous foe. Dr. Grief - the academy director - has plans for Alex, plans that place him in danger. Alex has to figure out what is going on - before he becomes the latest subject in Project Gemini.This book is one of the best sequels that I have read for a long time. I loved the opening action scene where Alex manages to cause a lot of damage with a crane and a barge (I won't ruin it by saying anymore) - and the rest of the book kept up with that opening scene. I found that this book was more gripping than the first because it was tricky - just when you thought you had it figured out the author changed the rules.Girls and... read more

Good Book

By A Kid's Review - May 29, 2006

Alex Rider is a fourteen year old M-I6 agent that must save the world for the second time. At the academy for rich teenagers that attend at the age of fourteen there is something going on. To very rich men were mysteriously murdered. Both of them men sent the kids to the academy. There is something linking the two. Alex is sent in to figure it out. He is sent in as a student at the academy. He must act as normal as he can and be just like the others. Right when Alex gets to the school he notices that there is something fishy is going on. The kids are acting really weird. They are acting as if they were some sort of slaves, or under a spell. Alex knows he must figure out what is going on. He starts investigating. As he does the mystery reveals itself more and more. What he figures out is that the man that runs the school (Dr. Grief) is trying to take over the world. His plan is to switch out the wealthiest and most powerful men's kids with the clones he made fourteen... read more