Point Blanc Horowitz, Anthony

Alex Rider is back, and MI6 is sending him undercover to an elite boarding school in the French Alps — where the sons of billionaires are somehow coming home... different. Point Blanc Academy promises to turn troubled rich kids into model students, but Alex quickly realizes something sinister is happening behind the snow-covered walls. Horowitz keeps the pace relentless: helicopter chases, hidden laboratories, and a villain whose plan is more chilling than the mountain air. This is the second book in the Alex Rider series, sharper and darker than *Stormbreaker*, with enough twists to keep even reluctant readers glued to the page. For fans of teenage spies, Alpine intrigue, and thrillers that don't talk down to their audience.