Les aventures de l'adolescent espion Alex Rider, qui se voit contraint d'infiltrer une école correctionnelle pour les enfants de la haute société qui semble cacher de sombres secrets... Everything changes when Alex Rider learns that his uncle Ian has actually been killed in the line of duty as a British spy. The normal teen is approached by the head of The Department and pressured to help investigate his uncle's death. Alex reluctantly assumes a new identity and goes undercover in a remote boarding school called Point Blanc.