num_pages: 400
description: What goes up must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be - in outer space. When he crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia. Known as Snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet... and that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life. From the slums of Bangkok to the Australian Outback to the middle of the Timor Sea, Snakehead is Alex Rider's most action-packed adventure yet.
language: English
title: Snakehead
titlecomplete: Snakehead (Alex Rider, #7)
characters: Smithers, Alan Blunt, Mrs Jones, Jack Starbright, Alex Rider
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Espionage, Adventure, Thriller, Teen, Action, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 46528
places: Bangkok, Australia, Jakarta
series: Alex Rider
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: The Inky Awards
category: Silver Inky, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Philomel Books