Snakehead By Anthony Horowitz

Snakehead, written by Anthony Horowitz, is a story about a teenage spy. The spy’s name is Alex Rider, and he works for MI6, and once in a while the CIA. This book starts out with Alex coming back from his past mission, which took place in space. He landed in the ocean, near Australia, where he was picked up to Australia by the Australian secret service. While he’s trying to get back to England, he experiences visa trouble, and cannot leave the country. Later on, he brings in one of the major threats, a terrorist group called Scorpia. They are planning an attack on an island with a bomb called Royal Blue, they want to blow up the island, with everyone on it. Then Scorpia devises a plan to take the bomb, they execute it successfully, and leave the vicinity. Then Alex is getting de-briefed from his past mission and he’s asked to help in another one. He is asked to go and help the Australians recover Royal Blue. He doesn’t want to, but finally agrees and then he’s tricked into a trap to see how good he is. He passes and then is asked to go and help, which he agrees and this is the end of the chapter. I picked this book because it is an action packed adventure book, and these are the kind of books I enjoy reading. It is very interesting and I like to think about the idea of a teenage spy. I think it would be very cool, but also scary at the same time. You would never know if you would live tomorrow and I think that it would be a very stressful life. Overall, the beginning of Snakehead is very action packed and an interesting read if you like adventure.