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Alex Rider: Book 6

Ark Angel (2005) (edit title/settings)

by Anthony Horowitz (Author) (edit contributors)

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The sniper’s bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive . . . just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has to stop him. But the boy he saves is no... read more

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Following the events of Scorpia, Alex Rider is in a hospital recovering from an assassination attempt. Four masked men come to the hospital attempting to kidnap Paul Drevin, the son of Russian billionaire Nikolei Drevin, who is financing a revolutionary space hotel named "Ark Angel". Alex... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Following the events of Scorpia, Alex Rider is in a hospital recovering from an assassination attempt. Four masked men come to the hospital attempting to kidnap Paul Drevin, the son of Russian billionaire Nikolei Drevin, who is financing a revolutionary space hotel named "Ark Angel". Alex fights the men, in an attempt to save Paul, he pretends to be Paul. He knocks all four of them out, but then a fifth man comes in to the hospital and overpowers Alex. Still weak, Alex faints and is kidnapped. Alex is taken to a flat in a building site, where he finds out the men belong to Force Three, an eco-terrorist group led by a man named Kaspar. Despite proving he is not Paul Drevin, Force Three lock Alex up and set fire to the flat. Alex, however, escapes. Nikolei Drevin invites him to come and stay for two weeks in the lap of luxury for saving his son and see an Ark Angel rocket take off. While at Drevin's home, Alex starts to befriend Paul, but decides to leave him and his father once they arrive in New York en route to Flamingo Bay, mainly due to the fact that Nikolei Drevin nearly killed him in a go-cart race. Alex wins but Nikolei thinks he cheated.

A route to Flamingo Bay, Alex is taken with Paul and Nikolei Drevin to New York. At the airport, he is held up at customs and taken to the CIA. He is told that Nikolei Drevin could be "the biggest criminal in the world", and the CIA recruits him to gain information on Drevin. Upon his arrival at Flamingo Bay, Drevin learns of Alex's CIA connections and decides to have him killed while scuba diving. Alex becomes trapped in a sunken ship named the Mary Belle. With the help of Tamara Knight, an undercover CIA agent who is Drevin's secretary, Alex escapes.

Alex and Tamara hide on the island, but are both captured. Drevin then tells Alex that his rocket Gabriel 7 contains a bomb that will destroy Ark Angel, causing it to fall to Earth and destroy Washington, D.C. This will eradicate the evidence against him the CIA have accumulated in the Pentagon. Alex escapes using a CIA gadget from Tamara, and sails away from the island. Drevin tries to get away in a sea plane, but Alex causes Drevin to crash by tying two canoes to the plane, and Drevin is killed.

Drevin's rocket takes off before the CIA can stop it. Alex is then chosen to board a second rocket to move the bomb before it explodes, since he is the only one small enough to fit inside. When Alex arrives, he sees Kaspar and must fight him. Alex gains the upper hand when Kaspar is blinded by the sun's light, and then Kasper is killed when he falls back on his own knife. Alex moves the bomb away from the station and escapes. His escape capsule splashes down in the sea near Australia.

Characters edit see section history

  • Alex Rider: The main protagonist. Alex Rider is a 15 year old teenager, but not your ordinary teenager. Alex Rider Is an agent for the forces of a government organization called M16. Recruited from a young age, he is skilled in various martial arts, languages, and other useful skills.
  • Jack Starbright: The housekeeper and foster parent of Alex Rider.
  • Paul Drevin: The son of the Russian billionaire Nikolei Drevin. He meets Alex in the hospital. Paul is sad, despite his wealth. He has had no friends until he met Alex Rider
  • Alan Blunt: Leader of M16, who assigns missions to Alex Rider.
  • Mrs. Jones: Deputy head of MI6.
  • Smithers: Designed and invented weapons for Alex.
  • John Crawley: An agent that works for MI6
  • Ian Rider: Uncle of Alex Rider.
  • Kaspar: The 'leader' of Force Three
  • Tamara Knight: Niko Drevin's personal assistant
  • Nikolei Drevin: A Russian billionare that owns Ark Angel, and the father of Paul Drevin.
  • Adam Wright: Footballer and captain of Stratford East.
  • Kolo: Guard.
  • Ed Shulsky: An undercover CIA agent
  • Conor: Security Guard. Killed by Combat Jacket at St. Dominic.
  • Max Webber: a security analyst
  • Diana Meacher: nurse at St. Dominic.
  • Joe Byrne: the deputy director for operations in the Covert Action section of the Central Intelligence Agency of America.
  • Magnus Payne: head of security on Flamingo Bay.
  • Sing Joo-Chan: a professor, the flight director on Flamingo Bay.
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  • “I knew you were rich. I also knew you were greedy. But I didn't know you were boring as well.”
    Alex Rider
  • “So will you do it?" "It looks like everyone's already made up my mind for me.”
    Byrne and Alex
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  • If the laws of physics worked, he would make it across. If they didn’t, he would die. It was as simple as that.
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  • It occurred to Alex that if he sneezed, it would set off a global earthquake. “Do you know who I am?” he asked. “No,” Alex replied. “But it would be useful to have you around in a geography exam.”
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  • Oh, and by the way, this card will self-destruct in five seconds.” Sure enough, to the horror of the nurses, the card had immediately burst into flames.
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  • “Tell me, Alex,” Drevin asked. “I’d be interested to know who you’re working for. Is it MI6 or the CIA? Or perhaps both?” “Go to hell,” Alex replied quietly.
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  • Alex Rider had been hit by a bullet fired from a .22 rifle from a distance of almost 250 feet. The sniper had been aiming for his heart—and
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  • “Well, that’s something you never see on Star Trek,” Alex muttered. “All right.” He rolled up his sleeve. “Not your arm, Alex. This goes in your butt…”
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  • Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones were both in the audience. As the head and deputy head of MI6 Special Operations, it was their responsibility to keep up with the latest developments, although as far as Blunt was concerned, the whole thing was a waste of time. There were security conferences all the time in every major city, but they never achieved anything. The experts talked. The politicians lied. The press wrote it all down. And then everyone went home and nothing changed. Alan Blunt was bored. He looked half asleep.
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  • Alex was standing at the bow of the armor-plated Mark V Special Operations Craft, the sleek, streamlined vessel used primarily to carry SEAL combat swimmers into operations. It was equipped with 7.62mm Gatling guns and Stinger missiles and the dozen men had been drafted in from the Special Operations Force, fully armed and ready to invade the island.
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  • agreement,” the voice replied. Max Webber shrugged. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was still a great deal of money. Paid into a secret bank account, it would come tax-free, no questions asked. And it had been such a simple thing to do. A quarter of a million for just ten minutes’ work! The man on the other end spoke again and suddenly his
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  • A few minutes later, the clouds opened and they were instantly drenched. The rain
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

United States, England

Organizations edit see section history

  • MI6: The British intelligence agency.
  • Force Three: Eco-Terrorists. Want to get rid of humans.
  • CIA: Central Intelligence Agency.

First Sentence edit see section history

THE BOMB HAD BEEN TIMED to go off at exactly half past three.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Force Three
2. The Boy in Room Nine
3. Emergency Treatment
4. Kaspar
5. Fire Escape
6. R&R
7. At the Waterfront
8. The Lap of Luxury
9. Short Circuit
10. Injury Time
11. Blue Murder
12. Expiration Date
13. The Biggest Criminal in the World
14. Flamingo Bay
15. Deep Trouble
16. Tropical Storm
17. Primary Target
18. Wind and Water
19.The red Button
20. Ark Angel
21. Reentry

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 6 of 12 in Alex Rider. (standard series)

Preceded by Scorpia, and followed by Snakehead.

This is book 724 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Wolf Brother, and followed by Conejo Y Coyote/ Rabbit and Coyote: Mitos Y Leyendas Del Estado De Mexico / Myths and Legends from the State of Mexico (Mexico Magico / Magic Mexico).

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Anthony Horowitz (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker Books
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
ISBN: 0744583241
Page Count: 327

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Suitable for older readers also

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Stormbreaker
  • Point Blank
  • Skeleton Key
  • Eagle Strike
  • Scorpia

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