Anthony Horowitz · 2001 · thriller

Anthony Horowitz's 2001 thriller. After two of the world's richest men die in freak accidents, teenage spy Alex Rider is sent undercover into Point Blanc, an exclusive academy perched high in the French Alps. Behind its locked doors he uncovers a chilling scheme to replace the sons of the powerful with copies - and must escape down the mountain to stop it.

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   New York

   When a New York tycoon plunges to his death and another magnate dies in a freak fall, British intelligence sees a pattern - and sends young Alex Rider undercover as a spoiled rich boy to find the connection.

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   Point Blanc

   High in the French Alps stands Point Blanc, an academy for the sons of the powerful, ruled by Dr Grief. Behind its walls Alex uncovers a plan to replace the world's heirs with duplicates grown in Grief's own image.

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   London

   Escaping down the mountain on a makeshift sled, Alex carries his discovery back to London - and returns with an assault force to storm the academy and shatter Grief's scheme before his copies can take their places across the world.