Snakehead By Anthony Horowitz

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz is a part of his Alex Rider series. THis young teenage boy is a part of an American secret agency M14. He has already saved the world multiple times. This time he has to investigate the possibility of an illegal smuggling ring in India. Alex is sent to India where he meets his new partner, Ash. Ash knew Alex's parents who were killed in a plane crash when Alex was a baby. Together their job is to stop this smuggling ring and ruin the plans of Major Yu, the head person of the smuggling ring. Throughout the book Alex finds himself in a bunch of predicaments. While trying to complete his mission Alex knocks a building into a river,burn down a mental hospital and saves the lives of many celebrities. He first meets Yu when he tries to leave India. He somehow ends up on the same boat with Yu. Alex is caught and brought to Yu's cabin. This is where he tells Alex that he is going to send him to a fake mental hospital where his organs and body parts will be taken out and given to rich people when needed. While Alex is there, he is given sleeping pills to make him sleep at night. Each night he would pretend to take the pills. Then he would hide them under his mattress. The night before they were going to remove his eyes for an organ donation, Alex opened his window, dropped his locker onto the guard knocking him unconsciuos. Alex climbed down to the ground and walked toward the guard dog. He took out a piece of meat stuffed with all the sleeping pills he was supposed to have taken. The dog fell asleep almost instantly. After that Alex took a can of gasoline and drizzled it all over the front of the mental hospital and then set it on fire. Alex ran away and went back to the M14 headqurters. He reported everything that had happened. The agency then told the American government who met with the Indian government. The Indian government sent their military to shut down the smuggling ring.They found Yu and sent him to prison for life.I would highly recommend this book to people who like to read books containing adventure, action and mystery.