Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Alex Rider: Point Blank

     The story starts off with Alex, while he is at school. Due to a drug dealer at his school, many students start getting addicted on drugs. In an effort to stop it, Alex follows the van to a construction site, and picks up the barge the dealers are in with a crane. Instead of placing it in front of the police station as planned, when the crane is shut off, he drops it on the Conference Center in the station. Shortly after, Alex is arrested, but due to his 'special status' from working with MI6, it isn't put on his record.
     After one night in the station, Alex is handed over to the MI6. They wish to send him on another mission, this time to a school called Point Blanc, which is run by Dr. Grief. The school is a school for delinquents, but not just any delinquents. The school is for rich delinquents, and the tuition is fifteen grand a semester. He spends a week at the Friend's home, as he will pretend to be Alex Friend. Later, when he arrives on Point Blanc, he makes friends with James Sprintz, the only rebellious student in the school. Later in the story, James decides to escape by skiing down the mountain, but is dragged out of his bed to a lab.
     Because James is no longer rebellious, Alex gets suspicious. He finds a secret elevator to the third floor, which is almost an EXACT duplicate of the second, rooms included. The only difference is a lab. Later, Alex discovers the real heirs in the basement. As it turns out, Dr. Grief was the first person to successfully clone himself, which he did sixteen times, fourteen years ago. Using plastic surgery, he changed the clones to look like   his students, all of whom were heirs to the world's richest companies.
     Alex begins his escape, after after falling off a tree at high speeds, the doctors tell the school he is dead. However, due to Crawley's nearly invincible ski suit, he only suffered minor bruises and cuts. The MI6 sends in soldiers to save the other children, with Alex leading them. They manage to save the other children, after Wolf is severely injured. Grief and Stellenbosch die soon after.
     When Alex returns home, Jack tells him the principal wanted to see him. Alex arrives at the school with no problems, but when he gets to the principal's office, he is greeted by himself. Because Alex killed his 'father', the Alex's clone wishes to get revenge on Alex. When they fight, they cause a fire in the science building. The story ends with the clone falling to his death, and Alex on the roof.

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