Ark Angel

Anthony Horowitz

Mei 2008 · Recorded Books · Kimesimuliwa na Simon Prebble

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When MI6 Agent Alex Rider wakes up in a hospital, he is thrilled to be alive. Shot and left for dead by his dreaded nemesis Scorpia, Alex has survived to fight another day. And it isn’t long before that fighting begins.

When kidnappers try to snatch a boy from the very next room, Alex foils their plans—only to be kidnapped himself. The man behind the mischief is super-rich Russian businessman Nikolei Drevin, who is building Ark Angel, the first luxury hotel in space. But the project is draining him of his massive wealth, and there’s no telling what he might do to change his fortunes.

Author Anthony Horowitz’s multimillion-selling Alex Rider series reaches thrilling new heights with Ark Angel, which is full of the blistering action and slick gadgets young readers can’t get enough of.

“Horowitz is pure class, stylish but action packed ... he’s figured out that being James Bond in miniature is way cooler than being a wizard.”—The Mirror

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Author and television scriptwriter Anthony Horowitz was born in Stanmore, England on April 5, 1956. At the age of eight, he was sent to a boarding school in London. He graduated from the University of York and published his first book, Enter Frederick K. Bower (1979), when he was 23. He writes mostly children's books, including the Alex Rider series, The Power of Five series, and the Diamond Brothers series. The Alex Rider series is about a 14-year-old boy becoming a spy and was made into a movie entitled Stormbreaker. He has won numerous awards including the 1989 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award for Groosham Grange and the 2003 Red House Children's Book Award for Skeleton Key. He also writes novels for adults including The Killing Joke and The Magpie Murders. He has created Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders for television as well as written episodes for Poirot and Murder Most Horrid. He made The New York Times Best Seller list with his titles The House of Silk Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin and Moriarity.Most recently he was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. Anthony was awarded an OBE for his services to literature in January 2014.