The eighth instalment in the Alex Rider series. Definitely one of the best yet!
Alex Rider, 14 -year-old superspy, stumbles on another adventure concerning the suspicious activities of Desmond McCain and genetically modified food. When he's alone in Africa with no aid from MI6, it's up to Alex once again to save the world from disaster...without them knowing it.
Oh, and it doesn't help that he gets harassed by a journalist who's figured out his secret.
I've followed the Alex Rider series religiously, and I was ecstatic when I managed to locate Crocodile Tears. Fortunately, I wasn't disappointed. Anthony Horowitz delivered yet another action-packed novel where everything was as realistic as possible and the adventure kept you hooked all the way.
I thought it was great how Alex and Sabina remained close even after enduring multiple "incidents" together and when, at the very end, Alex and Jack discuss his upcoming fifteenth birthday, I felt really downhearted because that meant it was the end for Alex Rider novels. Anthony Horowitz has always claimed that Alex's missions would cease once he turned fifteen, and I'd always kind of hoped it would never happen. But oh well, it was a fantastic series nonetheless.
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