While staying with Sabina's family in Scotland, Alex Rider meets international do-gooder Desmond McCain. But a simple card game between them rapidly leads to a duel to the death one that could result in the destruction of an entire country.
Moon Shadow only knows two things about his father, Windrider: he lives in San Francisco and used to craft beautiful kites. One day shortly after his eighth birthday, Cousin Hand Clap arrives with a letter from Windrider asking Moon Shadow to join him in San Francisco. When Moon Rider arrives in America he learns that his father makes a living doing laundry and dreams of building a flying ma…
In his penultimate adventure, now in paperback, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying. It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient Oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced b…
Hiccup has three months, five days, and six hours to win the annual Intertribal Friendly Swimming Race-which he must do by coming in last. Along the way, he'll have to discover America, battle Polar-Serpents, defeat his nemesis Norbert the Nutjob, and get back to the Isle of Berk. It's a tall order for a short Viking. Can he do it?