Anthony Horowitz · 2011 · thriller

Anthony Horowitz's 2011 thriller, the last of the original series. The criminal syndicate Scorpia, twice thwarted by a teenage boy, lays a final trap - and lures Alex Rider to Cairo, where a plot built around the theft of the Elgin Marbles will draw him to his death. From London to the shadow of the Pyramids, Alex faces his oldest enemy for the last time.

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   London

   Bent on revenge after two humiliating defeats, the criminal syndicate Scorpia sets an elaborate snare in London, engineering events to force teenage spy Alex Rider back into the field one final time.

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   Cairo

   The trap closes in Cairo, in the shadow of the Pyramids, where a scheme woven around the stolen Elgin Marbles brings Alex face to face with Scorpia's deadliest agents - and the confrontation that will end his career as a spy.