Point Blanc: The Graphic Novel by Horowitz Anthony

Author:Horowitz, Anthony [Horowitz, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Mystery, Adventure, Age Range 2 Older Audience, Comics
ISBN: 9781406340921
Google: rA9cLgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1406340928
Goodreads: 16192158
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 2007-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

“An unpleasant boy … a few days … faster than usual … the Gemini Project … closing down…”

If the door hadn’t been so thick, Alex would have been able to hear more. The moment he had left the room he’d cupped his ear against the keyhole, hoping to pick up something that might be useful to MI6. Sure enough, Dr Grief and Mrs Stellenbosch were busily talking on the other side, but Alex heard little and understood less.

A hand clamped down on his shoulder and he twisted round, annoyed with himself. A so-called spy caught listening at the keyhole! But it wasn’t one of the guards. Alex found himself looking up at a round-faced boy with long dark hair, dark eyes and pale skin. He was wearing a very old Star Wars T-shirt, torn jeans and a baseball cap. Recently he had been in a fight, and it looked like he’d got the worst of it. There was a bruise around one of his eyes and a gash on his lip.

“They’ll shoot you if they catch you listening at doors,” the boy said. He looked at Alex with hostile eyes. Alex guessed he was the sort of boy who wouldn’t trust anyone easily. “I’m James Sprintz,” he said. “They told me to show you round.”

“Alex Friend.”

“So what did you do to get sent to this dump?” James asked as they walked back down the corridor.

“I got expelled from Eton.”

“I got thrown out of a school in Düsseldorf.” James sighed. “I thought it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Until my dad sent me here.”

“What does your dad do?” Alex asked.

“He’s a banker. He plays the money markets. He loves money and has lots of it.” James’s voice was flat, unemotional.

“Dieter Sprintz?” Alex remembered the name. He’d made the front page of every newspaper in England a few years before. The One Hundred Million Dollar Man. That was how much he had made in just twenty-four hours. At the same time the pound had crashed and the British government had almost collapsed.

“Yeah. Don’t ask me to show you a photograph because I don’t have one. This way.”

They had reached the main hall with the dragon fireplace. From here, James showed him to the dining-room, a long, high-ceilinged room with six tables and a hatch leading into the kitchen. After that, they visited two living-rooms, a games room and a library. The academy reminded Alex of an expensive hotel in a ski resort – and not just because of its setting. There was a sort of heaviness about the place, a sense of being cut off from the real world. The air was warm and silent and, despite the size of the rooms, Alex couldn’t help feeling claustrophobic. If the place had been a hotel, it would have been an unpopular one. Grief had said there were only six boys living there. The building could have housed sixty. Empty space was everywhere.

There was nobody in either of the living-rooms

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