A "study of the espionage, counter-espionage, and other military intelligence services in the Continental and British armies in the main theatre of war" just prior to, and during, the Revolutionary War.
McCready, chief of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, offered his choice of two positions--an obscure administrative job or early retirement, is not afraid to press the CIA to the explosion point to convince them their prize defector is a double agent.
After the disappearance of the uncle who had been his guardian, teenager Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work as a spy and tries to stop a billionaire from controlling the world's computers.