They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. Alex Rider knows that s a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's car confirm the truth. But nothing can prepare him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for Britain s top-secret intelligence agency. Enlisted to find his uncle's killers and complete Ian s final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, with no way out. The original novel that started the worldwide phenomenon. About the Author Anthony Horowitz is the author of The Devil and His Boy, which received glowing reviews all around. He is also the author of several plays and television screenplays in his native England.