Alex Rider does battle with a charity broker con artist who has invested millions of dollars in a form of genetically modified corn that can release an airborne strain of virus capable of knocking out an entire country in one day.
Alex Rider, the kid who survives gunfire, explosions and hand-to-combat with mercenaries, now does battle with a charity broker con artist who has raised millions of dollars in donations and invested them in a form of genetically modified corn that has the power to release an airborne strain of virus so powerful, it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. First printing 250,000.