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Skeleton Key
Alex Rider (Related to this series)
- Author
- Anthony Horowitz
- Narrator
- Simon Prebble
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 24 May 2013
- Run Time
- 6 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
General Sarov was once an important leader in Communist Russia. Now in exile on Skeleton Key, he is full of bitterness for what his country has become. Sarov plans to put Russia in power again. And if the rest of the world won’t agree with his demands, he will detonate a nuclear bomb.
It’s up to Alex to stop this deadly tyrant or die trying.
Like a teenaged James Bond, Alex faces incredible foes and encounters spectacular adventures. Fast-moving and full of suspense, Skeleton Key will keep even the most reluctant reader glued to the headphones.
“Fasten your seatbelts.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Details
- Author
- Anthony Horowitz
- Narrator
- Simon Prebble
- Duration
- 6 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 May 2013
- ISBN
- 9781470367107
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Alex Rider of Point Blank is back in another hair-raising adventure. Although the 14-year-old undercover agent has escaped great dangers and has twice saved the world, he now faces his most deadly adversary yet on a tropical island off the coast of Cuba.General Sarov was once an important leader in Communist Russia. Now in exile on Skeleton Key, he is full of bitterness for what his country has become. Sarov plans to put Russia in power again. And if the rest of the world won’t agree with his demands, he will detonate a nuclear bomb. It’s up to Alex to stop this deadly tyrant or die trying.Like a teenaged James Bond, Alex faces incredible foes and encounters spectacular adventures. Fast-moving and full of suspense, Skeleton Key will keep even the most reluctant reader glued to the headphones.“Fasten your seatbelts.”—Kirkus Reviews
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