Eagle Strike

While on vacation, Alex stumbles on a plot that ends up injuring the father of his new friend, Sabina. When he spots Yassen Gregorovich, he knows the hit man is there to kill someone, but when he ignores the threat, he quickly finds out that Sabina's father is the target. Alex sets out to find out who Gregorovich is working for, and the trail leads him to former pop singer and entrepreneur, Damian Cray. Cray's software company is about to release a new game with profits going to the anti-drug effort throughout the world, but Alex discovers that Cray isn't what he says and the game has much more sinister implications.

Eagle Strike is the name of the video game that Cray is about to release and is also the title of this fourth entry in the Alex Rider series. Once again, Alex is faced with another threat that might end the world. In this book, we start to see the toll that Alex's adventures are taking on him and his life. Sabina is the first real friend that Alex has had other than Jack, so she is important to him, but life has been difficult for Alex, and these new threats make it tough for Alex to maintain friendships. As with the other books in the series, there is lots of thrills, action, and suspense, while the plot is a little over the top. Overall, however, Eagle Strike is a very enjoyable story with a satisfying conclusion.
3 1/2 stars. ( )

This book was very muck like the first one, Stormbreaker, where a seemingly popular person has mass murder in mind. In this case, the psycho is a knighted actor. Vacationing with his friend, Sabina Pleasure and her family, her father is gravely injured and the trail leads through Yassen Grigilovich to Sir Damian Gray. Highlight of the book is lacing Alex Rider in a real life version of his soon-to-be-released state-of-the-art video game. ( )

I read this because my son (12) read the series. Both he and I enjoyed it. ( )

Alex tries pretty hard to be a regular teen but trouble keeps tracking him down. When he is forced to reveal who he is to his friend, Sabina, she rejects his story as a ploy for attention. Alex finds himself dragged into the middle of another mad man's plans, this time without back up from MI6. All the tropes of a man too rich to be a suspect are used, but the action is good and the plot twists pull the reader into the next book. ( )

Good read for kids, essentially James Bond as a kid. ( )