Point Blank By Anthony Horowitz reviewed By Stephen

Would you like to snowboard down a French mountain on an ironing board? Well, Alex Rider has to do this while two professional mercenaries riding modified snowmobiles chase him and try to gun him down. He narrowly escapes and is saved by the bulletproof snowboard suit he is wearing. He is running away from a small, selective boarding high school for the rich. It is located atop a mountain in the Swiss Alps. Alex, a 14-year-old British schoolboy, works for Allen Blunt at MI6, the British intelligence agency. He is a spy who has saved the world once before. His toy maker, Smithers, one of the largest people you will ever see, invents gadgets for Alex to use on his missions. For example, in his last mission, he made Alex a paste that would dissolve metal and Alex used it to evade a terrible death via a jellyfish. Alex faces many hardships and challenges that threaten his life.
In my opinion, this is one of the best books I've ever read. It kept me guessing the whole time. With a length of only 274 pages, it is not painfully long so you can read it in a short time. It took me about three weeks to read. The first book of the series, Storm Breaker, is also a great read, but I would recommend that you read it before reading Point Blank.