Alex Rider ends up in trouble with the police for causing a large amount of damage to a new police headquarters by exposing a school drug dealer. In exchange for any potential charges being dropped, Alex is assigned by MI6 to investigate the mysterious deaths of Roscoe and another billionaire.The only apparent connection between the two men is that they both had a son attending Point Blanc, an academy in the French Alps. Alex first spends a week familiarizing himself with the Family he is going undercover as. However, during his stay with the family, he receives a hard time from David's daughter Fiona. And her friends shoot at him when they are out skeet shooting. Alex then gains a win when he ambushes and frightens one of Fiona's friends before throwing away his gun. The next day, when Alex and Fiona are out horse riding, Fiona falls off …show more content…
His drink is druged and he falls asleep in bed. They take him and examin and measure him then return him exactly how he was. And elex awakes knowing he was druged but not why. The following night, Alex investigates the forbidden third floor of the school and finds replicas of the students' rooms, including his own. Further investigations reveal to Rider that the real boys are locked in the basement. Rider tells James everything about himself, including his real identity and his mission in Point Blanc. Through a bug in the basement cell, Mrs Stellenbosch hears of this, knocks Alex unconscious, and brings the captured Rider to Dr.