PublishedWalker Books, July 2014 |
ISBN9781406352603 |
FormatSoftcover, 416 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 2.9cm |
The highly anticipated prequel to the bestselling Alex Rider series, charting the journey of a young assassin.
An international contract killer has been given his orders. His next target is a fourteen-year-old spy ... Alex Rider. The man's name is Yassen Gregorovich. He knows Alex well. The two of them share a secret from the past. As he considers his next mission, Yassen remembers the forces that turned him from an ordinary schoolboy into a hired assassin. What is it that makes someone choose to do evil? What would it take to make them kill? This thrilling adventure will be the deadliest yet...