Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider Book 9)

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Zeljan Kurst, former leader of SCORPIA, is asked by Yannis Ariston Xenopolos, a Greek billionaire suffering from terminal cancer, to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece. He is promised €40 million, half in advance. MI6 found out about the visit and tried to capture him due to a snitch who was given a change of identity in exchange, but Scorpia agents in the museum (disguised as visitors) help Kurst escape. Tulip Jones (also referred to as Mrs Jones) arrives at the Headquarters of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She is there to meet the Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Royce. He tells Mrs Jones that he had found out that she had employed Alex Rider, saying that she was acting against the law and tells her to never use Alex again.

Derek and Clare Miller, siblings from the neo-Nazi Dark Angels, who nearly nuked Washington D.C., in their thirties about overthrowing Saddam Hussein. Razim spied on the whole event and filmed it. Then he took the film to the local police. BOSS is closed down. Eva seemed to be part of Hugo’s experiments, changing her appearance and body. Julia Evans marries Sandro Rothman, who dies two days later. Major Yu becomes Second in Command of the crime empire in South East Asia. Yassen's parents die, and he heads to Moscow in search of Scorpia. Tom Turner (named Glen Carver in the US version of Skeleton Key) is a minor protagonist in Skeleton Key. Like Belinda Troy, he is a CIA agent, sent to Cuba with Troy and Alex, to investigate General Alexei Sarov. Turner and Troy object to Alex being sent with them. They often ignore his opinions and treat him as a hindrance, even after Alex saves Turner from The Salesman. He reveals nothing about his personal life, other than he is a former Marine, and dreams of dying for his country. He and Troy are killed when trying to infiltrate Sarov's headquarters through the "Devil's Chimney", a hidden underwater tunnel. They are killed by the traps which are disguised as stalactites. Turner is described as "about forty, a handsome man, with fair, close-cropped hair, blue eyes and a face that managed to be both tough and boyish". He is also mentioned as Tom Turner in the US of Ark Angel.This is a multi-layered being who is both charming and complex. Your yearning for balance makes you happiest when you are appreciated for being who you are.

They are excellent in situations that require a patience and a good memory. Being shrewd with money, they are not likely to spend beyond their means.

Scorpia Rising

They are a very controlled and focused individual, exhibiting great power of will under stress. If you are in stressful situation, the Aries Sun Scorpio Rising person is able to seize control and take charge of a situation. Cray takes the two teenagers with him when his men seize Air Force One, and shoots Gregorovich when the Russian refuses to kill the children. He then fires at Alex, seemingly killing him, and gets into a fight with Sabina. This is interrupted when Alex recovers (having worn a bulletproof vest), and with Sabina, shoves Cray out of the plane and into one of the turbines, vaporising him instantly and forcing the pilot (Henryk) to make a crash landing. Alertness to danger is an asset enabling them to avoid accidents or bad situations. They need to be careful about negativity from others, which can be draining at times. These people are extremely precise in their work. This sign is always looking for a challenge, particularly if it creates an opportunity for human advancement. This sign is intellectually powerful, conservatively critical and suspicious of anything not explicitly directed by the mind.