Collateral Damage

Alias: The APO Series #3

by Pierce Askegren

What begins as a routine assignment -- infiltrate a public building and retrieve monitoring equipment set up by APO -- goes horribly wrong. With the mission suddenly compromised, the true question becomes, Who's monitoring whom and why? Resourceful Sydney manages to complete the objective, but a split-second miscalculation during her escape endangers a civilian caught in the cross-fire.

When haunting details of the victim emerge and the lead suspect is murdered, Sydney's carefully compartmentalized life threatens to unravel. Has she always made the right choices, knowing the inherent danger posed to those around her? Vaughn and Jack are understandably concerned. For a field agent, even the tiniest loss of focus can prove deadly....

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 28, 2005

About the author

As a young man, Mr. Askegren took part in his parents high-wire circus act until an accident stopped that career for him at age 11. He acquired a love of comic books and of writing in general, which he turned into a profession. In addition to the Alias book, he wrote several books based on comic book series such as Spider-Man and Iron Man. He died of a heart attack at age 51.

Reviews

[Rosa]

This would have been four stars, based on the plot line and the fact that this book deals with Sydney's survival guilt over Danny, Will, and Francie. However, there were two major problems that I couldn't ignore. First, Sydney, Weiss, and Vaughn's characterization and voice were all over the place (Jack was 78% correct, but noticeably off at times.) Second, the writer called Milo Rambaldi "Carlos Rimbaldi" throughout the book -- a fact of show canon which is easily checked!! *facepalm*

[Randy]

First let me say, this is the first time i've read an alias book since the show ended. Despite that, it was fun reconnecting with the characters I loved watching in high school. A fast quick read...maybe I'll re watch the series as a result.

[Karly]

My friend gave this to me for my birthday because it has Vaughn on the cover.

[Kimberly]

A quick read. Although I didn't think this book had as much action as some of the other Alias books, it still is worth reading if you are going through the series.

[Amanda]

I like the Vaughan parts where he obviously loves her. I like the sentimental Francie part at the end. The rest I coulda done without. The end.

[The Third Place A Teen Library]

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Based on J.J. Abrams' television series, Alias.