A firefight ensues, with Alex and Turner escaping. Alex manages to board the boat and set fire to it, causing a distraction. The salesman, however, is aware of Turner's true identity and ties him up. Turner meets a salesman on a boat called the 'Mayfair Lady', suspecting that the salesman was involved in a deal with Sarov. The two CIA agents are unhappy about bringing Alex and they attempt to withhold as much of the truth from Alex as possible, clearly discrediting him, much to Alex's frustration. The CIA is concerned about the actions of Sarov since he intends to meet the Russian president, Boris Kiriyenko.Įn route to Skeleton Key, the 'family' of Alex, Turner and Troy stop in Miami.
The two CIA agents would pass off as his parents.
For his safety, both MI6 and the CIA arrange to send him with CIA agents Tom Turner (renamed "Glen Carver" in the US version of Skeleton Key) and Belinda Troy to Skeleton Key to investigate General Sarov. Alex is targeted by the triad gang as a second member again attempts to kill him while surfing on vacation with Sabina in Cornwall he comes close to drowning but Sabina manages to save his life. Alex knocks out the man and learns that he was a member of the Chinese Triad gang "Big Circle" who was attempting match fixing. Alex notices a suspicious looking Chinese guard and decides to investigate, but the guard turns the tables and attempts to kill him. There, he befriends a ball girl called Sabina Pleasure. Crawley offers him tickets to Wimbledon, but Alex learns he must go undercover as a ball boy following suspicion of a break-in. Grief's clone and is visited by John Crawley at school. Meanwhile, it is revealed Alex Rider had in fact survived the fight with Dr. He then loads the uranium in the Jeep he comes in and leaves. Sarov watches as the three men are devoured by the inhabiting crocodiles. Assuming this to be a threat, Sarov turns the runway lights off when the two leave, then turns on a second set of lights that lead into the mangroves, which causes the plane to enter the swamplands, trapping it. The two warn him they will alert the American Intelligence if the extra money isn't received in three days. Sarov pays the men the agreed upon price, and agrees to have the rest wired to the Salesman, from whom he purchased the uranium. Due to a supply problem, the price had risen by $500,000. The book, Skeleton Key, opens with, Marc, Carlo and an unnamed pilot, flying to meet with General Alexei Sarov in Cayo Esqueleto (Spanish for "Skeleton Key"), a fictional island just off Cuba to exchange a kilogram of uranium for money the general has promised them. On a coveted holiday destination just off the coast of Cuba, a mad general has intentions to undo history-and only Alex can stop him.
The book was released in the United Kingdom on J and in the United States on April 28, 2009.
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