Snakehead

Recently I finished Snakehead, so far the last book in the Alex Rider series. I liked these books because they were a different genre for me, with lots of adventure and interesting characters. This book however, bought a new development to the series. Alex, whose parents were killed in a plane crash caused by his dad's spy work, has a godfather named Ash. He did not know of this until then, and he was eager to meet him. However, Ash is not as ready to tell Alex his father's story as Alex is to hear it. Yet still, they work together to try to infiltrate the infamous snakehead, which is made up of some Scorpia members. Scorpia is Alex's foes grouped together. He thought he had heard the last of them, but suddenly-here hey are! Their plot, concocted by old, feeble Major Yu, is to create a tidal wave that will destroy the island, and the people on it, that is set aside to help solve world hunger and poverty. Eight famous people are on the island, working for good, and Scorpia intends to kill them all. Also, along the way, the tsunami will probably end up killing thousands more than just those eight- a minor number to the Scorpia group. Alex and Ash partner up against the, but Alex is captured. The in my mind personally disturbed Major Yu sends Alex to a hospital of sorts, to have his organs taken out one by one, including his eyes, while he is still alive, and given to others. Disgusting. The doctors there assure Alex there is no means of escape- which proves to be false, along with the help of a few gadgets. Will Alex get to the bomb intended to create the tsunami in time to stop it? He meets up with some friends from his past, and they join in the fray. However, in one final battle between Scorpia and Alex, Alex discovers that Ash is not who he says he is. And yes, he does stop the bomb and save lives. This surprising twist on Ash made a good situational irony in the story, which I thought was a well written page-turner.