Cuando su tio muere en sospechosas circunstancias, Alex Rider encuentra, a sus catorce anos, que todo su mundo se ha puesto patas arribas. En apenas unos dias experimenta una transformacion asombrosa: deja de ser un escolar para convertise en un superespia. / Readers will cheer for Alex Rider, the 14-year-old hero of British author Horowitz's spy thriller (the first in a projected series). When his uncle, Ian, is mysteriously killed, Alex discovers that his uncle was not the bank vice-president he purported to be, but rather a spy for the British government. Now the government wants Alex to take over his uncle's mission.
