What goes up must come down and when we last saw Alex Rider he was as up as can bemdashin outer space When he crash lands off the coast of Australia the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia Known as snakeheads the gangs smuggle drugs weapons and worst of all people Alex accepts the assignment in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents What he uncovers however is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet and that his old nemesis Scorpia is anything but out of his life From the slums of Bangkok to the Australian Outback to the middle of the Timor Sea Snakehead is Alex Riderrsquos most action-packed adventure yetWatch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
