Timster's book review of Ark Angel (Alex Rider)

Alex Rider

Anthony Horowitz

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By: Timmy Chiu 8W

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Hi there! I am going to review one of the books from the Alex Rider Series! I will review...Ark Angel! This book is written in third person. Main characters: Alex Rider Nikolei Drevin Paul Drevin Jack Starbright Magnus Payne Ed Shulsky Tamara Knight First of all, Ark Angel is the 6th book from the Alex Series. This is the book that is after Scorpia where he goes and finds out about the truth about his dad and maybe his destiny? It starts off extremely fast paced and exciting. Well, As Alex is recovering in the best possible hospital, one night some gang comes in and wants to get his roomate! Alex could not watch so he decided to swap their room numbers and without the gang, knowing they chased Alex and the 14-year-old M16 agent beat down every one of them. Alex escapes and Paul Drevin (His roomate), his dad is one of the world's richest man. His Dad, Nikolei decides to invite Alex to his mansion for a recovery treat for saving Paul, his son. Soon things start to go wrong, as Alex is once again involved... As nothing goes right for Alex Rider, this time is no exception. Alex is told by the CIA that the man he is with is a criminal. He has killed many people. Soon Alex's cover is blown by Nikolei's head guard Max Payne. Nikolei tells Alex his plan then would kill him. His plan was to send the rocket up into space then, with the bomb he was going to blast the 'Ark Angel' (space hotel), that he made, right at the Pentagon. This was going to destroy all evidence of Nikolei's crime. As a result Alex had, he escape. CIA agents were waiting for Alex a couple of miles off the island. Alex had learnt kite surfing earlier and as he could find nothing else, he surfed half way and trouble started to come... Nikolei's men had caught up with their speedboats! As Alex finds out those men were not here to capture him, they were here to KILL him! He destroys two of the speedboats but as he is getting exhausted, he cannot jump anymore, he is doomed. Just as the killer was coming near, gunshots did fire but they were not at him, they were at the killer. The CIA had seen what had happened and came just in time! As the CIA storm into the island, a battle starts. Alex ties two canoes to Nikolei's seaplane. As Nikolei takes off, Nikolei makes a mistake and since he had shot his son earlier by accident, he is extremely angry and tries to kill Alex. As Nikolei turns around and goes lower, the canoes hit the forest and his plane crashes! Nikolei is dead but the bomb is still going to explode and kill everyone in Washington D.C. As CIA agent Ed Shulsky convinces Alex to go up into space to move the bomb so that it just destroys Ark Angel instead of projecting it into Washington D.C. As he gets up there he finds out that it was a trap. Kaspar was waiting for him! It was a fight between a trained astronaut with a knife versus 14 year olds first time in space, empty handed! Will Alex survive and save the world?

I thought that this book was one of those other books that I have enjoyed reading very much. I think that although the cases and the skills that Alex has are extremely unlikely, I think his stunts are still possible. This life or job is what almost every 14 year old would ever dream to be. I think that the Anthony is very good at writing these types of books. He is very imaginative yet realistic. Although he does mention nuclear bombs and others, he does not mention anything out of the world like dragons or dinosaurs. Before he does any writing, he always does a lot of research. For this book, he had mainly researched on space shuttles, rockets and astronauts. He has included any procedures, feelings and sicknesses that may happen in space. In addition, all of the Alex Rider series are tense, packed with gadgets, adventure, fun, jokes and relationships. I would recommend this book as soon as your 10. It is very interesting and may get you to start liking books! The writer uses many techniques to keep you stuck in the book and waiting for the next one! One of the best series I have ever read...