As a normal schoolboy in Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Alex was innocent and was living his life free of distractions and living with his uncle as a bank manager. They do not even see that much. So one day the uncle decided to hang out with Alex. Unfortunately he died from the mission he was sent on. Alex did not know that his uncle was a secret agent. When he died the MI6 saw the potential in the Alex’s eye. He was really intrigued by the technology he saw. So he decided to work for the agency. He then received a mission to stop a terrible organization from taking over the world and also knew this was a revenge fight for his uncle that was killed. A really good book from  Anthony Horowitz!