Alex Rider is back, finding himself in 2 dangerous missions as the teenage spy travels around the world to save the day. In Crocodile Tears, Alex Rider was enjoying a normal life in Scotland until he encounters Desmond Mc Cain, the dynamic chief of First Aid, an international charity. A simple card game between the two suddenly catapults Alex into more danger than ever before & his life threatened without him ever knowing why. Things get significantly worse as he is confronted by a journalist threatening to publish the truth about his life as a teenage spy. Forced to seek protection from MI6, Alex realises he is being manipulated in a deadly game that could lead to the destruction of an entire East African country. In Snakehead, Alex Rider is now working for the Australian Secret Service & his target is the criminal underworld of South-East Asia: the ruthless world of the Snakehead. This time Alex isn't working alone, he is teamed up with Ash, who used to be his father's best friend & now a secret agent with the key to unlock Alex's past. Alex is stuck between two secret services, with no one he can trust, Alex will need all his wits to survive.