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Eagle Strike (Alex Rider #4)

by Anthony Horowitz

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Sir Damian Cray is a philanthropist, peace activist, and the world's most famous pop star. But still it's not enough. He needs more if he is to save the world. Trouble is, only Alex Rider recognizes that it's the world that needs saving from Sir Damian Cray. Underneath the luster of glamour and fame lies a twisted mind, ready to sacrifice the world for his belief...more

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Published February 16th 2006 by Puffin Books (first published January 1st 2003)

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Sep 18, 2008

Marco Narajos rated it

Recommends it for: alex rider fans

Recommended to Marco by: Alex Reed

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I'm very disappointed with this book. I feel that the plot is not as catchy as the other books. I will read this book again and see if I like it.

Second Reading
For this story to work, Alan Blunt, the head of MI6 has to not believe Alex when he suggests that the pop star Damian Cray is responsible. Given that Alex has worked for him 3 times and come up trumps each time, for Alan Blunt (a character we know to be suspicious and manipulative) to be so dismissive s...moreFirst Reading
I'm very disappointed with this book. I feel that the plot is not as catchy as the other books. I will read this book again and see if I like it.

Second Reading
For this story to work, Alan Blunt, the head of MI6 has to not believe Alex when he suggests that the pop star Damian Cray is responsible. Given that Alex has worked for him 3 times and come up trumps each time, for Alan Blunt (a character we know to be suspicious and manipulative) to be so dismissive seems rather strange. I had been hoping that there would have been a deliberate reason for this (i.e. Blunt was deliberately being dismissive in order to provoke Alex into investigating under his own auspices), but Horowitz makes it clear that this is not the reason and I think that's a big missed opportunity.

The big villain in the story is Damian Cray, a Buddhist pop star and charity worker who's something of a cross between Elton John, Bob Geldoff and Bono. This is the first villain in the series that I've totally loved because Horowitz is making such a tongue-in-cheek reference that it's something an adult can really enjoy. Cray still suffers from Bond villain syndrome - an overly grandiose plan and being nuttier than a fruitcake - but at least his plan was well thought out (involving nuclear explosions and Air Force One).

I also enjoyed the fact that Horowitz brings back Yassen Gregorovich as Cray's henchman and this time, weaves the Russian assassin into the backstory of the Rider family and sets up Alex for the next book, Scorpia. There's a tiny nitpick regarding Gregorovich's motivation - we're told that he would never be able to bring himself to kill Alex because of his friendship with Alex's father, and yet this friendship does not seem to have stopped him whacking Alex's Uncle Ian in Stormbreaker.

The plot moves quickly and the set-piece action scenes are pretty exciting. I was particularly intrigued by the scenes in the Amsterdam factory where Cray has set up a real life mock up for his computer game Gameslayer One: Feathered Serpant and the fact that Cray uses it to kill people just so that he can electronically copy the facial expressions to make the game more realistic. I did think that it was a shame for Horowitz to lever in the gadgets (although it is in character for Smithers to send something to help Alex and for Mrs Jones to want him to have some help) because I'd have liked to see what Alex could do without them, but the way the bike was used was effective and very visual.(less)

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Apr 12, 2008

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Recommends it for: Young Adults

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Mar 24, 2009

Jason_W. rated it

Shelves: 7th-grade-ir-book-rick

The book Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz is about a kid named Alex who works for M16 a spy organization. He goes to Europe on a vacation with Sabina and his guardian Jack because his parents and his uncle died. Then an attempted murder on Sabina's dad happens and Alex knows who commited it, the person that killed his uncle. Then he connects it to one of the most famous music star in the world and he goes out to prove to everyone that he is a crimnal.

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Jan 28, 2012

Erin rated it

The previous books in the series grabbed my attention more quickly than this one, and I began to fear that the Alex Rider series was losing steam. Probably part of the difficulty came from the fact that I cannot like Sabina. From the beginning, I expected that a girl would eventually appear in the series but disliked Sabina from the moment she was introduced (kind of) in the last book. She was more of an annoying afterthought there. All we really learned about her then is that she is very cr...moreThe previous books in the series grabbed my attention more quickly than this one, and I began to fear that the Alex Rider series was losing steam. Probably part of the difficulty came from the fact that I cannot like Sabina. From the beginning, I expected that a girl would eventually appear in the series but disliked Sabina from the moment she was introduced (kind of) in the last book. She was more of an annoying afterthought there. All we really learned about her then is that she is very crass and that Alex, inexplicably, likes her (I would have expected him to have better taste). She is a bigger figure in the plot of this book, but we still don't get to know her very well. I'm fine with that. I really hope that we don't see more of her after this. I blame her presence in the beginning for my difficulty in getting into this book. After she was gone things picked up considerably.

I am pretty disappointed that Alex chose to cold-heartedly ignore Yassen's plans even when he knew they were murderous in intent. True, he probably couldn't do a lot about it, but does that mean he shouldn't at least try? I guess that was meant to be a part our hero's moral growth as he learned his lesson and later felt remorse for that decision. Besides, since the finality of death was not ultimately involved, I guess we're meant to feel that redemption is still possible for our young hero. By the way, I also find it very strange that Yassen would be so sloppy with that job. If he is, as we have been led to believe, such a skilled assassin, how could he have failed? He didn't even seem concerned about it, nor did his employer. Does that seem strange to anyone else?

There are some exciting changes in this book to the pattern left by the previous books. No arm-twisting from MI6 to do a job this time. That was cool, seeing what Alex can do on his own. We actually get to see a little bit more of Jack in this book too. I kept thinking before how strange it was that she is basically his guardian, as well as a good friend whose continued residence in England is motivation enough for Alex to accept these dangerous assignments, and yet we get no more than a passing reference or line from her in each book. We don't get a ton from her in this book either, but we get more of a glimpse of her than we did in any of the previous books. Having Yassen, Alex's elusive nemesis reappear was also an interesting development, as we got to learn more about him and, in a sense, take care of some unfinished business with him. Above all, there is the intriguing revelation about Alex's past (I knew from the first book that there'd be more to his parents' death than the accident described therein). I can't wait to learn more about that in the books that follow.

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Dec 18, 2011

Anthony Guo rated it

Shelves: 10th-grade-quarter-2

Eagle Strike, by Anthony Horowitz, is the fourth book of one of my favorite series, the Alex Rider series. He is one of the youngest spies of the entire history of MI6, a British intelligence organization. But this time, he is alone without anyone helping him, not even MI6. It is all because Alex is trying to tell everyone that the person they think is a hero might be a madman instead.
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Dec 01, 2011

Sam rated it

The main character in this book is Alex Rider; he is a 14 year old boy who was pretty much forced into M16 (the British/English equivalent to the CIA) when his Uncle Ian Rider (who also works for M16) was killed in action. Jack Starbright is (a girl) Alex’s guardian, housekeeper, au pair, babysitter, or whatever you want to call it. She was technically the reason that Alex agreed (was blackmailed) to enter M16 because if he didn’t they wouldn’t give her a visa and she wouldn’t be able to stay...more The main character in this book is Alex Rider; he is a 14 year old boy who was pretty much forced into M16 (the British/English equivalent to the CIA) when his Uncle Ian Rider (who also works for M16) was killed in action. Jack Starbright is (a girl) Alex’s guardian, housekeeper, au pair, babysitter, or whatever you want to call it. She was technically the reason that Alex agreed (was blackmailed) to enter M16 because if he didn’t they wouldn’t give her a visa and she wouldn’t be able to stay in England and would have to return to America making Alex an orphan (his parents died in a plane crash) and have to live in a foster home. Then there’s Yassen Gregorovich; he’s a contract killer and he also killed Ian Rider, but he and Alex still have some sort of mildly friendly relationship. Alex also has a more or less girlfriend and her name is Sabina pleasure. Then there’s Damian Cray who might be the main villain that wants to nuke the earth and he’s also a rich singer/environmentalist zillionare who donates money to the poor and makes video games. He also hates drugs. The main storyline in this book is that Sabina’s dad digs up some major dirt on Damian Cray (and when I say “major dirt” I mean like murders and other things that could get you a life sentence, but mainly murders). Then Cray hires Yassen to kill him, but he fails and her dad survives. Alex finds out it was Cray and he strikes out alone to stop Cray.

I loved this book because it had a ton of action and the author made it like you were there with the amount of details. I also liked it because it’s really gripping and hard to put down and as with most Alex Rider books it has a great story and once you’re about a third to halfway through the action starts and really doesn’t stop until the beginning of the 2nd to last page. I really don’t think there was a single thing that I didn’t like about this book.

I would recommend this to all of my friends and anyone who really enjoys a lot of action and violence and all other things that most guys (maybe girls) like. As you might have picked up I would really recommend this to guys instead of girls (but girls a welcome to read it) because of the violent and action packed content.
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Oct 25, 2011

02Stocktonw rated it

Have you ever had somebody keep something hidden then answer it then make you have more questions? Well this guy likes to do that with his books. He will answer a question at the very end and then Make 12 more problems that seem unsolved able until the next book. I think this Author will be famous for this. So you have a lot of problems in this book that it seems like the character Alex had nothing t do about. But yet people just like trying to kill him every time somethi...more

Have you ever had somebody keep something hidden then answer it then make you have more questions? Well this guy likes to do that with his books. He will answer a question at the very end and then Make 12 more problems that seem unsolved able until the next book. I think this Author will be famous for this. So you have a lot of problems in this book that it seems like the character Alex had nothing t do about. But yet people just like trying to kill him every time something goes wrong. When he was on a holiday he was with his girlfriend and her family and for the fun of it some bombers just for the fun of it decide to try to kill him but instead hurt his girlfriend’s father. And when it can’t get worse they involve a car crash for him to get hurt again. So next time you think you have bad luck think of an innocent 14 year old boy who is a wanted poster for anybody who wants a few bucks of extra cash.
Now one thing I think is stupid is every time you know he will be ok but he never is in real danger. Like technically he is but he isn’t if you know what I mean. Its really pathetic and I hate it about the writer but I don’t know why I read this book, probably because it’s the only one I have got into with a series. It’s really a James Bond citation but James Bond is more interesting but this book is just too FAKE!!!!!! He has all the training the languages the gadgets which I must speak of one the bmx bike with rocket shot out of the rims like how does that work it’s way to difficult to do what he did on a bike like that. I bike and that would be a ton of weight and it takes real practice.
I don’t believe the book is real realistic but it is real entertaining it’s like the gay TV show that you have to watch over and over again! So don’t read this book for heaven to more if you don’t want to get it then think through it logically. It like a magic trick you only see the outcome then you think how stupid it was. I hate thins book but it’s weird ya know.
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Jan 05, 2011

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The book starts out with Alex (the main character) going to Europe with his girlfriend Sabina. Will on there vacation Alex runs into the man who killed his uncle, his name is Yassen so he gets suspicious. Shortly after he sees smoke rising and him and Sabina ride home, they get there and the house was blown up there were peaces of wood from the house everywhere they said it was a leak in the gas pipe but Alex know...moreD.E.A.R Project
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The book starts out with Alex (the main character) going to Europe with his girlfriend Sabina. Will on there vacation Alex runs into the man who killed his uncle, his name is Yassen so he gets suspicious. Shortly after he sees smoke rising and him and Sabina ride home, they get there and the house was blown up there were peaces of wood from the house everywhere they said it was a leak in the gas pipe but Alex knows different. Second he looks into things he goes to Yassens boat and no one was there he gets on the boat and gets inside looks around no one he finds Yassens phone and takes it. He calls the last phone number called because he noticed when he saw Yassen he was on his phone, He calls the phone number and was astonished with who answered it was pop star Damian Cray. Next he goes to M16 which is the secret company he is a spy for and they don’t believe a word he says so now he knows hes on his own. Next he goes back to France where he lives with he guardian Jack, his idea is to sneak into the opening of Damian Crays new gaming consul.
He gets there with Jack, Jack distracts a guy that has a ticket hanging out of his back pocket and Alex takes it. He finally gets in and ends up being the volunteer for testing out the consul and almost beats it. After that he sneaks into Damian Crays office which is huge and looks like a prison there are guards everywhere and he has to find a way to sneak in there was a truck at the entrance and he jumps on it and blends in with the man on the side of it. When he gets in the first thing he sees is a airplane on fire then all the sudden the fire just stops and the plane isn’t damaged at all. Afterward he finds stairs goes up them and finds Damian Cray he sees Damian kill a man that gave him a flash drive and Yassen was there with Damian. Damian sees him and he was brought over bye a guard. He gets put into a jail cell and theirs a hole there
he crawls through he gets to a latter gets down and theirs a huge door it opens and it is a exact copy of the game he played with Damian but he has an advantage hes played it before. He finally gets through barely with his life and at the end he finds a door and he goes through and back into Damian’s building the alarm rings but he gets out before the gates close.
Next thing Alex knows Damian has Sabina they had snatched her when she was going to see her dad in the hospital. Damian told Alex that if he isn’t there within the next 24 hours he will kill her. He takes a taxi to Damian’s house and when he arrives he walks through the gates and goes through the front door and there was Damian and Yassen he thought they would let her go but they didn’t. After all that they took them in cars to an airport in America they stop at a gate at the very back of the airport then there's a plane on fire and its coming straight for the airport it finally hits the ground and there are fire trucks and ambulances everywhere. Alex knows its the plane from Damian’s office but what the driver thinks is wrong Damian has a button in his hand and blows the plane up. They go through the gate will everyone is distracted and they go to a huge hanger and its carrying the presidents jumbo jet (airforce1) but what would Damian want with the presidents jet. Damian sends some guys on the jet and then he hears gun shots they get on and its unlike anything Alex had ever seen. Yassen keeps Sabina and Damian takes Alex to a room with a lot of electronics here it is Damian said. This room is the room where the president can launch of nuclear bombs on any country in the world. That is what the flash drive is for and to hack into the system Damian puts in code which turns different every day that’s what the flash drive tells him he puts on a glove that has the presidents finger prints on it and marks the spots and presses the button. He did this because in all these country’s are where all kinds of drugs are made and he believes that if he sends nuclear bombs in these spots it will kill millions but save more in the long run. They get back to the lobby and Damian sits down and tells Yassen to kill Alex and Sabina but He refuses he says he doesn’t kill kids. Damian takes the gun and points it at Alex and pulls the trigger he closes his eyes and looks around and Damian shot Yassen. He pulled the gun
up aimed at Alex’s heart and fired. Alex flew to the ground and didn't move now he aimed at Sabina but didn't expect her to attack he threw her back against the wall but before he could shoot someone hit his arm it was Alex he was wearing a bullet proof vest he tried to attack Damian but he was still to strong. Sabina had opened the side door and the emergency slide flew open. Damian tried to shoot Alex but Sabina rammed into him with the drink cart his knees buckled Alex got up and pushed the cart as hard as he could right out the door the slide was slanted so when the wind caught him he was sucked up into the engine. The drink cart had more resistance though and then all the sudden the engine burst into flames and the plane was sent flying from the imbalance and hurtled and now the plane is lying on one side they can here sirens. Alex tried to get up but his legs wouldn’t couporate he was happy to see Sabina get up he told her she had to get to the communications room and press the self destruct button she left and then he heard a voice it was Yassen calling his name please he said he didn’t want to go over there but he did. He said I have something to tell you I couldn’t kill you I never would have killed you I knew your father we worked together he said, you mean he was a spy Alex said. No he was a killer like me the best in the world he taught me many things M16 hunted him down and killed him and I got away at the very last second, he saved his life and in a way he loved him. Then he said and your so very much like him and closed his eyes and he knew he would never open them again.

SETTING
In the book there were many different places that the book took place in. The majority of the book took place in France and in America. The beginning of the book took place in Europe Where Sabina’s father was almost killed. Alex was frantically moving through the whole book. On the inside of everything Damian owned was always light and open for some reason.

CONFLICT
The conflict of the book is that Sabina's father had been attempted to be assassinated. Also the man that tried to kill him ended up being a psycho and Alex was the one who had to fix things. Alex was almost killed many times through the whole book and saw things people shouldn't see. Then when he went to M16 for help they thought he was crazy and wouldn’t help him. Also Damian tries to set of nuclear missiles to help save the world from drugs but is killing millions in he process. Next Alex figures out that his dad was a killer like Yassen and was very much like his dad.
RESOLUTION
The resolution is Damian was killed after everything. Then his girlfriend ended up being ok in the end and he came out of it alive. He quit working for M16 and got on with the life a normal teenager should have. He also stopped the missiles from killing millions of people. Sabina ended up moving to America with her mom and her father ended up being ok. In time he will learn if he is really like his father to and hopefully not.

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Jan 01, 2011

Andrew rated it

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Nov 24, 2010

Victor Wong rated it

Another great book for this series. This book is about 14 years old spy named Alex Rider, who used to work for M16 (a secret government organization) who goes on vacation in France, but then gets caught up in an "accident" where he suspects Yassen (a famous assassin) trying to kill a journalist who is investigating a superstar Cray.
Later on in the book, Alex slowly finds out that Cray is not really a peaceful, loving, anti-violence type of guy. Alex finds out that Cray is doing t...more

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Sep 18, 2010

Deborah Moulton rated it

This Alex Rider book #4 returns to some semblance of reality, although once again Alex unspools a nuclear-bomb plot that almost results in international devastation. Determined to eliminate major drug producing areas of the world, a crazed international pop star almost succeeds. The interesting parts of this book are like the better parts of book #1 which focus on Alex, his family and his predicament working for M16 as a teenager. This book gives him a (beginning) girlfriend and brings him back ...more

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May 06, 2010

Karla rated it

Alex Rider is a teenage, super secretive spy on the verge of saving the world - again. He is finally relaxing from another mission on a London beach with his friend Sabina when her vacation home explodes from a grenade being implanted inside. He did happen to notice one of his arch enemies lurking near, but didn't know what to do exactly since he was on a planned vacation. Sabina's father is injured and Alex springs into action, finding out that the psychotic, rich environment freak, Damian Cray...more

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Mar 23, 2010

Vivek Trivedi rated it

Eagle Strike, by Anthony Horowitz is about a fourteen-year-old spy named Alex Rider. Shortly after his birth, his parents were murdered. He then lived with his uncle until a Russian assassin named Yassen Gregorovich killed his uncle. He discovers that his uncle was a spy and decided to follow his footsteps. In his fourth mission, he is sent to investigate a person who wants to destroy all places where illegal drugs are grown with nuclear weapons. He claims that people that use drugs are not the...more Eagle Strike, by Anthony Horowitz is about a fourteen-year-old spy named Alex Rider. Shortly after his birth, his parents were murdered. He then lived with his uncle until a Russian assassin named Yassen Gregorovich killed his uncle. He discovers that his uncle was a spy and decided to follow his footsteps. In his fourth mission, he is sent to investigate a person who wants to destroy all places where illegal drugs are grown with nuclear weapons. He claims that people that use drugs are not the criminals, but they are the victims. He wants to destroy all drugs and threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. At the end of the book, Yassen saves Alex’s life, but sacrifices it in the process.
Something interesting I noticed in the book is that Yassen Gregorovich, the man who killed Alex’s uncle is made as a Russian. I find this interesting because Britain and Russia have not had the best foreign relationships over the past century. I think that Anthony Horowitz incorporates this in his book. This tells me that Anthony Horowitz must be a patriotic person and he must be taking interest in his own government. Also, I noticed that Anthony Horowitz made Americans the people who work together with Britain to stop the nuclear attack. This probably refers to the strong relationship that America and Britain have had for over two hundred years.
Something else that I noticed is that some Americans did the same thing that Anthony Horowitz did. For example in the movie Get Smart, Russians try make a nuclear bomb and threaten the CIA to kill innocent people if they do not deliver them two hundred billion dollars. Another example of this is in the movie The Spy Next Door, Russians try to destroy every country’s oil reserves except for Russia’s. Then they would sell it for a fortune.
All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book. I would give it a nine out of ten because it had such an interesting plot and it made me think about Anthony Horowitz’s personal opinions about foreign relationships with other countries. I recommend this book for anyone who likes action and mystery books. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this thought-provoking book.
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Feb 17, 2010

Nicola rated it

Shelves: teen, fiction

Eagle Strike at times reads like a laundry list of stereotypical things that teenage boys are into (innit): spies; chase scenes; video games; gun porn; hot girls who treat boys badly and then have a change of heart. The result, in terms of plotting, is a spiky pattern of DANGER-DANGER-breathe-DANGER-DANGER-breathe (etc.), rather than a smooth storytelling arc that builds to a satisfying conclusion.

That's not to say that some of the DANGER-DANGER episodes are not entertaining. In partic...moreEagle Strike at times reads like a laundry list of stereotypical things that teenage boys are into (innit): spies; chase scenes; video games; gun porn; hot girls who treat boys badly and then have a change of heart. The result, in terms of plotting, is a spiky pattern of DANGER-DANGER-breathe-DANGER-DANGER-breathe (etc.), rather than a smooth storytelling arc that builds to a satisfying conclusion.

That's not to say that some of the DANGER-DANGER episodes are not entertaining. In particular, Horowitz makes a masterful twist on video game play in the middle of the novel. However, upon reaching the end of the book, rather than building to a climax, I found that the constant ACTION began to feel meaningless. And, by the last page, I just felt a bit deflated.

(The plot, of course, is scarcely the point of the novel, but it involves an evil pop star, Russians being self-serving and Americans being idiots. Yay, xenophobia!)

I've read a couple of the Alex Rider competitors (Cherub; the Andy McNab teen books) and it's clear that Alex Rider is the market leader because Anthony Horowitz can actually write. While he's no Shakespeare, there's a nice cadence to his writing, which lifts the series noticeably.

Do I even need mention that the 'romance' in this novel is a complete afterthought? Alex's relationship with Sabina is utterly perfunctory: we never get any background on how they fell in 'like'; there's a single scene that indicates they might enjoy each other's company, but otherwise they just seem bored or irritated by each other. Sabina is written at times with an unpleasant viciousness on the part of the author. At one point, after suffering 24 hours of unspeakable horror, she's asked to put on some goggles and she complains that it will ruin her makeup. Does Horowitz really think that ANY girl, however vacuous, would care about her makeup when placed in a life-or-death situation? Let's not even talk about the bizarrely-named Jack Starbright (she's female), who is initially painted as a cool, spunky ally and then given nothing to do but play nanny and exposition fairy.

Eagle Strike is perhaps ultimately just a frustrating read. With just a little more thoughtfulness and emotion, and a little more effort paid to plotting, it could have been a satisfying novel. Instead, it's content to play cynically to its audience (boys who like guns) and, though blandly entertaining, it's a much weaker book as a result.(less)

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Jan 13, 2010

Mark rated it

I am reading the book Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz. I am about half way through the book and am not finished yet but from what I have read it is extremely good. This book relates to a James Bond type of book because Alex Rider is a spy and very good at being one. I think that someone that likes suspenseful action but is not completely realistic would really like this book. Also, it is in a series of eight books so if you like lots of books about a subject you will like the Alex Rider s...more

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Oct 23, 2009

Jason Man rated it

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Eagle Strike is a fiction book. It is about a teenager spy named Alex Rider. His uncle Ian Rider was a spy and he dies, the M 16 wants Alex to continue his job.In this adventure, when Alex was on a vacation with his girlfriend Sabina, Their vacation house got blow up. Alex knew Yassen Glegorovich did this, but he has no proves. He starts spying on him when he saw Yassen getting into secrets meetings with Damian Cray; the world most popular singer, who also donate millions to suppo...more

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May 25, 2009

Will added it

In Anthony Horowitz’s Eagle strike, Alex Rider is the same as always. He is one of MI6’s best and most valuable agents. Alex is the main character. The plot of the book is still the same as the other books in the series, an evil mastermind tries to take over the world but Alex somehow finds a way to stop them. In the book Alex is on vacation with his girlfriend Sabina Pleasure when he sees a dangerous contract killer Yassen Gregorivich who he has had to fight before. He finds out the Yassen was ...more

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Apr 23, 2009

Evan rated it

Have you ever wanted to be a spy, a top secret agent, or James Bond? Most teenagers do, but for Alex Rider, it’s a lot more complicated than it sounds. I read Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz. This was the fourth book in a seven book series. Alex is an actual spy for the British Intelligence Agency, or MI6. The book starts off with Alex and his friend Sabina vacationing in southern France. Everything was going swimmingly until Alex sees his arch nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, walk of a yacht near ...more

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Jan 17, 2010

Megatron rated it

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Jan 25, 2012

Simon Yu rated it

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Sabina Pleasure and Alex spend their holiday in France. There is a terrorist attack on Sabina's father, Edward Pleasure. Alex goes to search for Yassen, who he saw earlier in the beach.
When he returned in London from France, Alex goes and investigates Damian Cray on what he is doing. He is making a new game console, Game Slayer. Damian Cray told him to play it and he won the game. Then he follows Cray into Amsterdam and finds out Cray's plan, which is to start a nuclear war. C...more

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Nov 20, 2011

Rivkah rated it

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Apr 28, 2011

Nick Goeman rated it

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Jan 07, 2009

Jonathan rated it

Damian Cray. I got two words for him: You're Pyscho! I recommend this book to Alice.

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Dec 05, 2008

Amanda rated it

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This is an awesome book. This book is filled with action.
It starts off in South France, and Alex and Sabina, his girlfriend, are on the beach. Alex soon finds out that Yassen Gregorvich, his worst enemy, pulls up to the dock. Alex follows him into town and spies on him in a resturant. Alex finds himself in a lot of trouble that I wouldn't want to get myself in.
Alex is a MI6 agent, who spies on people. Alex gets himself in more trouble that almost gets himself shot a couple of times...more

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Feb 08, 2012

Brandon Hua rated it

The book Eagle Strike is a fascinating book by Anthony Horowitz. The story starts when Alex Rider, a teenage spy, and Sabina Pleasure, his girlfriend, going with Sabina’s parents to a trip to France. Sabina’s dad, Edward, is a reporter. Alex and Sabina decided to sunbathe on the beach. That’s when Alex saw someone he met once before. He went by the name of Yassen Gregorovitch. The man was a contract killer and his uncle’s murderer. As Yassen decided to leave, Alex followed him. He was talking to...more

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Mar 02, 2010

Jason Zhu rated it

Eagle Strike is one of the best book I have read. It is about a boy named Alex Rider that is an agent at M16. The story started when Alex is in France, and saw Yassen Gregorovich. Alex know he was about to do something bad, he is the one who killed Alex's unlce named Ian Rider. Also Alex have to stop Damian Cray doing something bad, and save the world.
I think that the story was inserting, and there were actions. I think this because when Alex fighting the bulls when Yassen caug...more

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Sep 11, 2011

Ela *who loves Supernatural's Dean Winchester!!!* rated it

WARNING: SPOLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book overall, for me, was a complete success. It had nonstop action from the point when John Rider shot a black widow spider off Yassen's neck, to the very last page when Sabina left Alex's life forever.

The characters for me were all stable, and Anthony Horowitz kept us guessing till the very end! I think that this book was my favorite in the "Alex Rider Series" so far because Sabina was a big element ...more

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Feb 18, 2011

Vishruth P. rated it

2.11.10 pg.176
I just started reading this book three days ago and I am loving it. Its about a boy named Alex Rider who is suspicious about a pop star named Damain Cray because Alex found his number on a professional killer or assains phone number when he was in thhe south of France. And guess what Alex was right the millionare is a evil mastermind who is planning to launch a project called Eagle Strike. I don't know what Eagle Strike is because I did not come to that point in the book. ...more

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Apr 06, 2011

Adam Traugott rated it

This book was amazing I loved it. On a scale from one to ten I would rate it a ten! Some of the reasons I liked it was because it was a very mysteries and action packed book. Also, the book always kept me on the edge of my seat.
My favorite character was Alex the main character. He was adventurous and brave. He was the one always saving the world. Alex is 14 and working in MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service of the U.K.
I like how this author writes because it always has adv...more

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Apr 05, 2010

Eric rated it

This is the fourth book in the Alex Rider series. Alex is with Sabina and and her family in the south of France. He sees Yassen Gregorovich an assassin that killed his uncle. He tried to put Yassen out of his mind and then a bomb almost killed Sabina's dad. Alex went after Yassen but gets captured. He escapes and learns that multibillionaire Damian Cray ordered the death of Sabina's dad.
Alex goes to MI6 but they do not listen to him. Alex takes action by himself. He breaks i...more

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Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England. He has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder ...more

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