Alex Rider

Alex Rider is a fourteen year old boy orphaned as an infant who goes to live with his uncle, Ian Rider. Alex believes his uncle works in a bank and travels frequently for business. When Ian is not traveling, he and Alex spend a great deal of time traveling and rock climbing. Alex is also proficient in karate as well as multiple languages.

When Alex learns that his uncle has been killed in a car accident, he becomes suspicious by the actions of the bank for which his uncle worked. Alex begins investigating his uncle's death and soon comes to the conclusion that his uncle did not die in a car accident and that he was not a bank executive. This soon leads to a meeting with his Uncle Ian's real employers, MI6.

Alex is convinced to take up his uncle's investigation and finish it. Alex goes...