An action-packed spy novel for middle and high school children. A continuation of the novel “Stormbreaker”, filmed in 2006, the second part of the adventures of 14-year-old Alex Rider. After the completion of Operation “Stormbreaker”, Alex is trying to get used to his new, double life and... double portions of homework. But MI6 has other plans for him . During the investigation of two “accidental” deaths of powerful people, it turns out that the sons of the victims studied in the same boarding school for boys. Under a false name, armed with new spy gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the school and find out the truth. The destination is the peaks of the Alps, where behind the walls of an ancient half-castle-half-fortress there is a privileged boarding school for “difficult” children, led by the rogue scientist Dr. Hugo Grief. Alex discovers the terrible truth about Dr. Grif's "re-education" methods and experiments and sends out an alarm. But MI6 needs the enemy to reveal itself, and the center resorts to delaying tactics. At night, Alex decides to run away, but time is running out - he is exposed, and Dr. Grif has his own plans for him: at 9 o'clock in the morning Alex will undergo anesthesia and an autopsy - Dr. Grif will give a biology lesson to the students. It seems that Alex's second task will be his last.< /p>