AlexRiderhasbeenthroughalotforhisfourteenyears.He'sbeenshotatbyinternationalterrorists,chaseddownamountainside,andstoodface-to-facewithevil.Twice,youngAlexhassavedtheworld.Andtwice,hehasalmostbeenkilleddoingit.ButnowAlexfacessomethingevenmoredangerous.Thedesperationofamanwhohaslosteverythinghecaredfor:hiscountryandhisonlyson.Amanwhojusthappenstohaveanuclearweaponandaseriousgrudgeagainstthefreeworld.ToseehisbelovedRussiaonceagainbeadominantpower,hewillstopatnothing.UnlessAlexcanstophimfirst.
ThephenomenonthatistheAlexRiderseriesreturnswithpulse-quickeningactionas,forthefirsttime,Britain'sMI6andAmerica'sCIAuniteforces.BegladAlexisonourside.