Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider)

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After meeting the journalist who had been tailing Alex, McCain had a delivery team kidnap Alex outside his His death is strikingly similar to Franz Sanchez, the main antagonist from the Bond movie License to Kill. Dr Bennett took Alex to Kenya in Africa; this made sense, because Edward Pleasure had told Alex that McCain was the part-owner of a Kenyan business, later revealed to be the disused former Simba River Camp. Dr Bennett made Alex Alex returned to London, only to discover a journalist chasing him. He reluctantly went to MI6 for protection; in return from discouraging the journalist, they wanted him to investigate Soon, McCain's guards reported that Bennett herself had been eaten by the crocodiles and, impossibly, Alex had escaped.

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groups smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather (Ash) and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet.... and the knowledge that his old enemy, Scorpia, it is anything but out of his life. ALEX RIDER SERIES CROCODILE TEARS They were now all standing on the same level, but McCain still loomed over them. “How is the article?” he asked. “It‟s finished.” “I hope it won‟t contain any unpleasant surprises.” “You won‟t have long to wait. It should be out next month.” “Have you delivered it?” “Not yet.” “I‟m looking forward to reading it.” McCain examined the journalist as if it was his mind that he was trying to read. For a moment neither of them spoke. Then McCain blinked as if he had suddenly lost interest. “But now you must forgive me,” he said. “I have a speech to make. Thank you so much for coming to Kilmore Castle. It was very good to see you again. And a pleasure to meet you, Alex.” He swept past them in the direction of the banqueting hall. Edward Pleasure was looking puzzled. “What was all that about?” he asked. Alex shrugged. “I don‟t know.” He hesitated. “I thought he looked upset about something. . . .” “I thought so too.” “Maybe he‟s worried about what you‟re going to write.” “He shouldn‟t be. I‟ve already told you. I had nothing bad to say. Actually, I think he‟s quite a remarkable man. Take tonight for example. All these people have come here because of him. And it‟s all for charity. He never rests.” He stopped as Sabina appeared, hurrying down the corridor toward them. “Dad!” she said. “I‟ve been looking for you everywhere.” Edward Pleasure put an arm around her. “We‟re leaving,” he said. “Mum‟s still awake. We can toast the New Year when we get in.” had told him to visit Greenfields, but that he wasn't working for them. Despite promising Alex's freedom if he told the truth, Reverend McCain left him to die there for being so meddlesome. He bribing an engineer, Ravi Chandra, to carry ten kilos of C4 into the pump room and blow up one of the pumps. The bomb was put, but itkilled Chandra, as McCain's men had lied to him, claiming the bomb had a ten-minute fuse, allowing enough time for him to leave the city and receive enough money for his wife and two young sons. LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.

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Desmond McCain: Money is power, and I was going to have more than you could possibly imagine. I'm going to shoot you now. Not once, but several times and then I'm going to walk away. Goodbye, Alex. You're going on a slow journey to hell.

genetically modified crops. Alarmed that Edward possibly knew too much, McCain hurried downstairs to interrupt, but Edward relaxed on seeing his host; it is later established that Alex was merely talking about school. Soon, place and almost kill him. The next day, on the way to school, Alex is captured by three of McCain's thugs, who bring him to Bennett. She As of Russian Roulette, this novel contains, by far, the highest number of secondary and tertiary antagonists compared to any other book. The Alex Rider series has sold over 13 million copies in English and is published in over 28 languages. it as slow as possible, remarking that one man, who had been hanging there for eighteen minutes, was driven insane, and was laughing as he fell to his doom.

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Alex wakes up and meets Yu over dinner, who after giving his life story, reveals his plan to cause a tsunami to destroy Reef Island and stop the conference, along with the west coast of Australia. Alex is then sent to a hospital in the Australian rainforest where he is to be used as an unwilling donor for illegal organ transplants, to pay for his damage to SCORPIA both in the 'Invisible Sword' project and on the Liberian Star. He uses the watch Smithers gave him to send a signal to MI6, which seemed not to work.McCain is the second character who attempts to kill Alex despite the boy telling the truth. The first such character who did this was Conrad. Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments It is said that Bennett taught herself how to fly using her understanding of the laws of physics. She is also a lethal sniper as evidenced when she shot out Edward Pleasure's car tyres in an attempt to kill him. When Bulman has his life taken away from him by MI6, the newspapers show a Chief Superintendent Stephen Leather heading the fake murder investigation. This is a reference to Anthony Horowitz's fellow writer and contemporary Stephen Leather, with whom Horowitz worked on the 2001-2003 BBC anthology series Murder in Mind. spreading - thus eliminating the Prime Minister's (implied to be Gordon Brown) risk of fighter jets which,