num_pages: 264
description: Sharks. Assassins. Nuclear bombs. Alex Rider's in deep water.Reluctant teenage superspy Alex Rider is useful to MI6 in ways an adult could never be. Now they need his help once again.But a routine reconnaissance mission at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships sets off a terrifying chain of events for Alex that sees him on the run from a murderous Chinese Triad gang. Forced to hide out, Alex is sent to Cayo Esqueleto - Skeleton Key - an island near Cuba. Waiting for him there is General Alexei Sarov - a coldly insane Russian with explosive plans to rewrite history.Alex faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Alone, and equipped only with a handful of ingenious gadgets, Alex must outwit Sarov, as the seconds tick away towards the end of the world...
language: English
title: Skeleton Key
titlecomplete: Skeleton Key
characters: Smithers, Alan Blunt, Sabina Pleasure, Mrs Jones, Alex Rider, Jack Starbright
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Thriller, Espionage, Action, Fiction
ratings_count: 54785
places: Russia, Florida, Cuba, Eastern Europe, Wimbledon, England, Miami, Florida
series: Alex Rider
publisher: Scholastic