James Sprintz is a minor character in Point Blanc. When Alex arrives at Point Blanc Academy, James is the only boy who had not yet been imprisoned and replaced by a Dr. Grief clone. He becomes Alex's only friend at the academy. He often comments on the other boys' strange behaviour (who are, in reality, clones of Dr. Grief), and the day before he was captured and replaced, he had planned to escape Point Blanc. He is eventually freed by Alex and the SAS, along with the other real boys, when the school is raided. Mr Someone", unknown name, freelance assassin. Supposedly the best in the business, killed his parents at twelve, went professional at fifteen; described as being a good-looking Caribbean man, with grizzled hair, a thin moustache and intelligent, humorous and dangerous eyes A post card with a lay-out of Greenfields and lights showing where the card is and where Straik's office is When Alex Rider came into the operation, Razim used Julius to spy on him, and then Razim tried to have Smithers, the MI6 inventor, killed, but Smithers escaped when Razim ambushed his house. Alex went home to Razim feels that he views the world like a scientist, analyzing and studying things and people as if they were slides under a microscope. He views human passions such as love and hatred as frivolous wastes of time. In his eye, everything that he does is purely scientific, but Alex suspects that the man secretly derives some sort of perverse amusement from his "experiments".

When Alex Rider foils his plans, for the first time in Razim's life, all of his emotions burst out of him: fury, bitterness, and despair. On the verge of death, his last moments were spent screeching and tirading about how he should have come out on top.Dominic Royce is the main antagonist of Nightshade, and the instigator of their operation "Leap of Faith". He is the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the British government, and a very disagreeable and intimidating man, unlike his friendly predecessor. Alex is described as strikingly good looking with an athletic build, dark brown eyes said to be “too serious for his face” and light brown hair.

killing them, and leading to Julia's incarceration in a detention centre when her parents began a life sentence. Julia Rothman was born before the birth of SCORPIA and she fought in the Cold War, presumably for the UK and allies, as a spy. She tried to kill her colleagues, Winston Yu, Zeljan Kurst, With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of capitalism, Sarov felt betrayed and disgusted, at the way his country was heading. He promptly quit the army and moved to communist Cuba, which welcomed him outright. Much like Dr. Grief, Julius is highly intelligent but also ruthless, sadistic and callous. He enjoys killing and is amused by the pain and suffering of other people. It got even worse after Dr. Grief's plans were stopped by Alex Rider. He is shown to be vengeful, as Julius developed an intense, deep-rooted hatred for Alex for killing Dr. Grief and ruining his life, and this made him insane. We would've had everything! We would've had the whole world!...I don't care what happens to me, just so long as you're dead." Alex Rider first meets him in Snakehead when he wanders into a minefield. Ash tells him not to move and leaves, claiming he will get help. This was later found to be a test, to see how Alex would react. Alex discovers that Ash is his godfather after meeting with Ethan Brooke, head of Covert Action for ASIS. The prospect of learning more about his past lures Alex into working for ASIS, alongside Ash, investigating the ruthless Snakehead. They are sent on a mission together to infiltrate the Snakehead by posing as Afghan refugees trying to gain the Snakehead's help in illegally immigrating to Australia. However Major Yu is on to them from the start, so both are captured in Darwin. Alex is sent to a surgery where his organs will be illegally harvested, whilst Ash vanishes along with the Major.Drake is described as being in his mid-thirties, unshaven, with silver hair, a slim build and a handsome face. He also suffers from Mobius Syndrome, causing his face to be permanently smiling, something he despises, saying that "I've been smiling all my life even though I've never found very much to smile about". When he met Alex, Sarov was sixty-two years old, but looked "twenty years younger". Sarov is described as not being particularly tall, but he "radiates power and control". He also has short grey hair, pale blue eyes, and an emotionless face. He normally dresses in either suits or his old Red Army uniform. [3] Alex is described as a boy with 'the body of an athlete'. He also has fair blonde hair and 'serious dark eyes', and weighs 110 pounds. He is also said to attract many girls. In July 2018, it was reported that Sony Pictures Television had replaced ITV as Eleventh Hour Film's distribution and financial partner for a new Alex Rider television series. Sony Pictures Television's international and worldwide distribution divisions under Wayne Garvie and Keith Le Goy were attached to the film series. Burt had adapted Point Blanc, the second book in the Alex Rider novel series, for television. Horowitz will serve as executive producer for the series. [9]

It is revealed that Nightshade is on the other side of the world, and the Teachers are studying Alex. Although Leap of Faith had failed intolerably, they are going to go after him. Nikolei Drevin - Crashes his plane while trying to fly off due to it being sabotaged by Alex Rider.

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a b "Archived copy". www.agirlsworld.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006 . Retrieved 22 May 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Razim is studying the issue of pain, with the aim to come up with a measurable unit of pain, naming it after himself, by torturing all kinds of members of society, with a teenager being the top of his wish list, as he explains when exposing a French agent to the same experience. Harold Liebermann, of Consanto Enterprises, was in charge of creating the nanoshells used in Operation Invisible Sword, but was killed because SCORPIA suspected betrayal.