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Point Blanc Chapter Summary
Chapter 1- Michael J. Roscoe, a multimillionaire from New York, is assassinated by a guy who goes by the name Sam Green.
Chapter 2- Alex Rider follows two suspected drug dealers to a barge on the River Thames.
Chapter 3- Alex hops into a crane near the barge and lifts the barge out of the water with the crane; the barge collides into a nearby conference center when it's in the air.
Chapter 4- Alex is taken to jail, but MI6 bails him out; therefore, he has to accept the proposal they give him to go on an undercover mission to a boarding school, Point Blanc, in the Alps.
Chapter 5- As part of the mission, Alex has to pretend to be the son of a multimillionaire Sir David Friend, whose house he stays at for a week.
Chapter 6- While at his house, Alex goes horseback riding with Friend's daughter and almost gets killed by a train when they take a shortcut in a tunnel.
Chapter 7- Mr. Smithers, who works for MI6, gives Alex a few devices in case of an emergency while on his mission.
Chapter 8- Alex is picked up by Mrs. Stellenbosch from Point Blanc and has dinner with her at a hotel in France.
Chapter 9- Alex meets Dr. Grief, the director of Point Blanc, and makes his only friend, James Sprintz.
Chapter 10- Alex notices that the school isn't normal; he sees James being taken away during the night into a room.
Chapter 11- Something is wrong with James, so Alex sneaks up to the forbidden third floor and sees Dr. Grief shoot a surgeon; Alex sends out a signal for help to MI6.
Chapter 12- Alex sneaks down to the basement, and finds James and the other four students; he finds out Dr. Grief has duplicated the kids.
Chapter 13- Mrs. Stellenbosch captures Alex when she sees him in the basement, and Dr. Grief tells him he is going to have to kill him; Grief also informs Alex about the Gemini Project, which is his evil plan to rule the world by duplicating people that act like himself.
Chapter 14- Alex escapes after he is locked up and snowboards down the mountain on

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