Another review of the children’s book, Scorpia Rising, that revolves around a (fictional) plot to steal the Parthenon Sculptures from the British Museum.

From:
Guardian

Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz – review
Krazy Kesh
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 28 December 2011 09.00 GMT

‘I think that this book is unlike any other and brings out the dark side of Anthony Horowitz’s writing mind’

Alex Rider is back with his notorious foes: Scorpia. Although he doesn’t know it, this time they are pulling the strings.
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Another review of the new children’s book by Anthony Horowitz, about a plot to return the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to Athens.

From:
Guardian

Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz – review

Sunday 8 May 2011 11.00 BST

‘The detail is amazing, he drags you straight into the room’

The finale of the enthralling Alex Rider series, comes with a bang, and this time, the majority of the book is from the bad guy’s point of view. Alex returns this time with SCORPIA, the evil criminal organisation, on his tail. Jack Starbright, his new guardian is with him this time as Alex goes to Cairo, in Egypt, with him and Mr Smithers, Horowitz’s version of James Bond’s Q; the gadget man. At the beginning, we see the arch-villain: Zeljan Kurst, meeting a dying Greek millionaire in the British Museum. I recently visited the Museum myself and the detail is amazing, he drags you straight into the room. This book will see, a major twist, Smither’s final shocking gadget, and a new side of Alan Blunt. I would recommend this, to anyone between the ages of 10 to 13, because it’s a bit violent for under 10’s.