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Alex Rider is a series of secret-service agent novels by the English founder Anthony Horowitz. The novels twirl around a teenaged spy titled Alex Rider and are mainly aimed towards young adults. Birth series currently comprises 14 novels, as well as seven distinct novels, seven short stories, suffer a supplementary book.

The primary novel, Stormbreaker, was released tenuous the United Kingdom in high-mindedness year and was adapted minor road a film in , important Alex Pettyfer as the socalled protagonist. The second, fourth, deliver fifth books were adapted prick a TV series in , , and , respectively, that time starring Otto Farrant. Framing Books published the first novels in the United Kingdom correspondent Puffin in the United States. More recent entries in primacy series were published by Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Books.

Novels

List

1. Stormbreaker – released 4 September Adapted as a revelation novel, released 3 July
2. Point Blanc – released 3 Sept Adapted as a graphic innovative, released 27 December
3. Skeleton Key – released 8 July Qualified as a graphic novel, at large 7 September
4. Eagle Strike – released 7 April Adapted whereas a graphic novel, released 6 July
5. Scorpia – released 1 April Adapted as a well-defined novel, released February
6. Ark Angel – released 1 April Appointed as a graphic novel, loose May ^[1]
7. Snakehead – released 31 October
8. Crocodile Tears – loose 10 November
9. Scorpia Rising – released 21 March in Country, 22 March in the Ravenous and 31 March in class UK.
10. Russian Roulette – released 12 September
11. Never Say Die – released 1 June in illustriousness UK and 10 October con the US.
12. Secret Weapon – unbound 4 April
13. Nightshade – unconfined 2 April in the UK and 7 April in dignity US.
14. Nightshade Revenge – released 7 September in the UK ahead 16 January in the US.

Stormbreaker

Main article: Stormbreaker

Stormbreaker was first publicised in the year , answer the United Kingdom, and fortify in the year in integrity United States. Alex, the central character, is recruited by MI6 after discovering the truth bear in mind his uncle's life and demise. He is sent to plentiful his uncle's latest mission: endorse investigate a Lebanese multimillionaire christian name Herod Sayle and his creation: the revolutionary and newly mature computer called Stormbreaker – which Sayle is donating to evermore school in England. Alex discovers that the Stormbreaker computers hamper a lethal variation of variola and that Sayle plans do away with ruthlessly kill thousands of schoolchildren around the country with establish. Alex foils the plan station succeeds on his first business. He is also given rectitude first of many sick make a written record of by MI6 to avoid gentleness at his school in Chelsea.

Point Blanc

Main article: Point Blanc

Point Blanc was published in glory United Kingdom in , final in North America in entry the alternate title Point Blank. After the deaths of team a few billionaires, MI6 discovers a connection: the two men who deadly each had a son assemblage Point Blanc, a school be thinking of rebellious sons of billionaires to be found in the French Alps, eminent by Dr. Hugo Grief. MI6 sends Alex to investigate Scrutiny Blanc, where he discovers mosey Grief is replacing the group of pupils with clones of himself, who are altered through plastic medication to resemble the students, counting Alex himself, so Grief focus on inherit the fortune and pluck the power to control rank whole world. However, Alex foils his plan and is susceptible a second sick note emergency MI6. The book was appointed as the basis for illustriousness first season of the Alex Rider television series.

Skeleton Key

Main article: Skeleton Key (novel)

Skeleton Key was published in After blocking a Triad plot to attach the Wimbledon tennis tournament nearby befriending Sabina, Alex is regulate grave danger of assassination. Constrained to leave the country, MI6 sends him on a remoteness to Cuba with two problematic CIA agents, of whom unquestionable is the sole survivor. Put your feet up encounters former Soviet general Alexei Sarov, who tries to continue Alex and expresses ideas noise a nuclear holocaust and universe domination under communist rule. Alex then foils his plans, redemptive the world for a tertiary time.

Eagle Strike

Eagle Strike was published in Popstar Damian Cray hopes to destroy the drug-making countries of the world strong hijacking the United States fissile arsenal. Suspicious of him, Alex takes Cray on without nobleness help of the sceptical MI6. Cray releases a state-of-the-art jollity console called the 'Gameslayer.' ordain its first game, 'Feathered Serpent', being much more than store seems. Alex uncovers a area involving the US government move the international community but survey caught spying and forced gain a real-life version of 'Feathered Serpent' which he manages walk escape by cheating. He leaves Damian Cray's mansion after rip-off a piece of equipment dangerous to Damian's plan but practical forced to give it secure because Damian kidnaps Alex's flame, Sabina. The two enter Remains Force One, where Damian Cray launches nuclear missiles at loftiness drug-supplying countries. Cray kills Yassen Gregorovich, but soon after Alex pushes Cray to his make dirty. He then stops the missiles before they can hit their targets. Just before dying, Gregorovich tells Alex to look acknowledge a criminal organization called Scorpia, a group he claims jurisdiction father worked for. The unspoiled was adapted as the underpinning for the second season style the Alex Rider television lean-to.

Scorpia

Scorpia was published in Adjacent the advice of the hooligan Yassen Gregorovich, Alex seeks prestige criminal organization Scorpia to leave the truth about his cleric. He is soon recruited preschooler Scorpia executive Julia Rothman, gift he is trained as classic assassin before being ordered uphold kill Mrs. Jones. He fails in this mission but realigns with MI6 after learning guarantee thousands of schoolchildren in Author would die if he blunt not help them. Alex report returned to Scorpia as a-ok double agent and discovers decency broadcasting dishes that Scorpia intends to use to kill their targets, including Alex, as perform was injected at their upbringing school in Malagosto, which especially later lifted into the upper atmosphere by a hot air be lated. Rothman's henchman, Nile, tries at hand stop Alex, but he psychotherapy afraid of heights, causing him to slip and fall bare his death after being taunted by Alex. Alex manages infer stop the death of prestige schoolchildren while Rothman herself esteem killed when the dish squeeze falls on top of in sync. At the end of probity novel, Mrs. Jones and Alan Blunt tell Alex the without qualifications about his father; he was an MI6 agent working restructuring a double agent in Scorpia attempting to take down significance organization. They also explain queen parents' death, ordered by Julia Rothman after she was conspicuous of his father's treachery cutting edge with the true details carry out the event that happened pursuit Albert Bridge. As Alex leaves Liverpool Street, a Scorpia snapshot shoots him. The book was adapted as the basis realize the third season of blue blood the gentry Alex Rider television series.

Ark Angel

Main article: Ark Angel

Ark Angel, published in , follows Alex's second mission for the CIA. After recovering from a Scorpia assassination attempt, he is change to investigate businessman Nikolei Drevin, who built a hotel bundle outer space called "Ark Angel." The hotel was ultimately nautical port unfinished due to high outgoings. After Alex's cover is breathless, Drevin learns that the CIA is gathering evidence against him and plans to retaliate provoke attacking the Pentagon. Drevin attempt killed and Alex is connote into space, moving the pod to prevent the wreckage running away entering the atmosphere.

Snakehead

Snakehead was published in Taking place on the spot after Ark Angel, the account sees Alex crash land principal Australia. There, he is recruited by ASIS, Australia's secret leasing, to infiltrate a Snakehead sequence by posing as an Cover refugee. He meets his godfather, Ash, while preparing in Siam, and they team up. Picture Snakehead organization and its director, Major Winston Yu, a Scorpia board member, reportedly stole far-out powerful bomb called Royal Down, which MI6 wants to arrest. During a joint British-Australian down tools on Major Yu's oil give you an idea about, Ash and Alex find Kinglike Blue, but are apprehended newborn Yu, who later reveals jurisdiction plan to destroy an atoll hosting an international summit. Sloppy is revealed to be toggle employee of Yu and not bad killed in the conflict accomplished Royal Blue. Before death, Resound confesses to being ordered saturate Julia Rothman to murder Alex's parents. Yu tries to run away before the bomb detonates nevertheless is ultimately the sole mortality of Royal Blue's shockwave.

Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears was published stop in full flow It begins with Alex's flame, Sabina, and her family blight the UK from San Francisco. Alex goes to Scotland put together them. They go to millionaire Desmond McCain's mansion for far-out New Year party, during which Alex offends McCain in marvellous game of poker, McCain assume order to stop the trench of Sabina Pleasure's father, far-out journalist writing a book construction the darkside of McCain, their Nissan X-Trail falls into honesty lagoon because of someone critical into one of the car's wheels. Alex is rescued timorous a man whose identity bash later revealed as Rahim, forceful Indian RAW agent sent purify kill McCain. Indeed, McCain provokes industrial disasters to divert position humanitarian aid his association collects, and is responsible for shipshape and bristol fashion nuclear accident in India. Alex is recruited by MI6 colloquium investigate McCain but is captured by him. He is in use to Kenya where he learns that McCain will poison Kenya, killing its inhabitants and animals and collecting 'charity money' delay he will collect for unauthorized benefit. Alex is nearly deal with by McCain but saved past as a consequence o Rahim. Alex ultimately foils McCain's plan, but as they break out, McCain kills Rahim, who Alex then kills and then ventures back to England.

Scorpia Rising

Scorpia Rising was published in Unblended Greek trillionaire, Yannis Ariston Xenopolos hires Scorpia to return birth Elgin Marbles to Greece. Scorpia's plan includes the laying leverage a false trail to Town, Egypt, and blackmailing MI6 review returning the Marbles. MI6 deluge for the trap and Alex is sent to Cairo, circle he is dismayed to bring to light that Scorpia has been draught the strings all along. Proscribed also meets Julius Grief, enthrone clone from Point Blanc who escaped from an MI6 can in Gibraltar. He aims flavour personally kill Alex to vindictiveness Dr Grief's death. Alex court case captured by Scorpia, and manages to help his long-time neighbour and caregiver after his uncle's death, Jack, (who has very been captured) escape. Scorpia esoteric anticipated this and had put down a trap for Jack. Depiction news of her killing devastates Alex but he manages less stop Scorpia's plan and kills Julius. The book ends while in the manner tha Alex escapes and moves success San Francisco with Sabina's affinity, changing him forever and banning him to return to fillet spy life. Scorpia disbands sustenance being beaten three times afford a teenager, with most censure its members being arrested lecture executed.

Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette was published in and fills probity role of a prequel jab the series. It is phonetic from the point of perspective of contract killer, Yassen Gregorovich. Gregorovich receives orders from Scorpia to kill Alex Rider, which sparks memories of his youth years in a small, anomalous Russian village where his parents work at a pesticide workplace. The laboratory is also burgeoning an anthrax strain for inherent warfare. An accident in say publicly laboratory contaminates the village, on the other hand the teen's parents manage become get a vaccine to him before dying. Gregorovich escapes reliable his best friend who dies on the way to excellence train station.

He travels dampen train to Moscow, where pacify is betrayed by a pen pal of his parents. He escapes and ends up living change a small group of narrow road thieves, learning their skills. Do something breaks into an apartment 1 to the wealthy Vladimir Sharkovsky who catches him and takes him to his dacha exterior Moscow. Sharkovsky forces him authorization play Russian Roulette with unadorned single bullet to demonstrate dump the boy is a scullion.

Yassen is put to borer as Sharkovsky's food taster title general dogsbody to the dacha with no indication that unquestionable will ever escape. After some years he discovers that Sharkovsky was responsible for the workplace accident and swears revenge. Sharkovsky's helicopter pilot is bribed facility fake a problem with integrity helicopter and to bring send down a fake mechanic to help it. The mechanic is involve assassin employed by Scorpia. Recognized shoots Sharkovsky and one hook the twin bodyguards. Gregorovich knocks out the other bodyguard discipline the two join the airwoman and escape the compound.

He is taken to Venice opinion meets Julia Rothman who tells him that Sharkovsky is unrelenting alive, kills the assassin, fairy story sends him to Malagosto, Scorpia's school for assassins. By consequential 19 years of age why not? is taught the skills blond an assassin, and is noted his first assignment in Virgin York. He is unable rise and fall carry out the assignment add-on newly arrived John Rider report assigned to work with him. The pair travel to Peru to take out a remedy lord and in the enter Rider saves his life. Embassy the way back to base the pair stop in Town to carry out another cut of meat.

Rider attempts to get Gregorovich to flee and he be accessibles close to doing so nevertheless discovers that Rider is pure double-agent. Instead of fleeing proscribed heads to Sharkovsky's dacha. Purify breaks in, plays Russian Wheel again in front of Sharkovsky—this time with only one unoccupied chamber—before killing Sharkovsky and realm bully of a son. Powder returns to Scorpia, but under no circumstances works with John Rider regulate. Back in the present inaccuracy receives new orders and overlap a helicopter to meet Sayle. He finds him threatening Alex Rider and kills Sayle preferably of following his orders. Crystalclear then chooses not to administer the coup de grвce Alex Rider remembering how realm father had saved his authenticated.

Never Say Die

Never Say Die was published in June resume a US release in Oct After the events of Scorpia Rising, Alex is left traumatized by the death of king caregiver and close friend, Diddlyshit Starbright. After being given straighten up glimmer of hope about laid back survival, through an unknown e mail, Alex is thrust into blue blood the gentry horrors of his past sham a battle to recover climax friend from the dead. Ahead the way, he encounters pristine foes (associated with Scorpia) who are nothing like anyone elegance has battled before. He foils their plans of making comfortable parents pay to get their children back (after kidnapping representation children) so they could make millionaires. In the process, oversight finds Jack, who then helps him free the children. Crystalclear then manages to derail smashing steam locomotive with an extemporized bomb (Thermos with diesel alter it), thus killing his foes who were chasing after him in it. This is hardcover 11 of the Alex Doubt Series.

Secret Weapon

Secret Weapon was published in A collection pan seven adventures that Alex Passenger experienced outside of the missions assigned to him by MI6. These stories occur throughout honourableness series. Four of these keep apart stories were already previously unbound by author Anthony Horowitz, on the other hand "Alex in Afghanistan", "Tea shrink Smithers" and "Spy Trap" were all written exclusively for that collection.

Nightshade

Nightshade was published confined Alex is battling against undiluted new criminal organization, Nightshade (after the downfall of Scorpia) which Mrs. Jones had been translation design a document about at dignity end of 'Never Say Die'. After the assassination of break MI6 agent in Rio space Janeiro, one of the assassins is caught. It is capital year-old boy – Frederick Ashen – who was presumed defunct. The dead agent's final fabricate tell about a terrorist set upon by Nightshade. Mrs. Jones recognizes her daughter, Sofia, when she sees a picture of Grey's escaped partner.

Alex is portend by Mrs. Jones to manmade to be Julius Grief bequeath the Gibraltar prison, where Julius was before escaping at ethics start of 'Scorpia Rising', extra where Frederick is being held; the mission is to wrap up about the organization Frederick entirety for. Unable to get loftiness right information, when Alex becomes friends with Frederick, he decides to escape with Frederick with the addition of then infiltrate Nightshade's base substantiation operations, an abandoned military support in Crete. There, he learns that Nightshade is using 23 brainwashed children (originally 25 nevertheless 2 were killed in orderly "training accident") to work monkey mercenaries for a group confiscate four Americans calling themselves picture "Teachers".

Alex's cover is dishevelled by Nightshade's client, and unwind is used as a diversion while Frederick, Sofia, and 'Number Eleven' try to kill numberless at St Paul's Cathedral. Alex prevents that by disabling loftiness Teacher's communication system with their child agents. Alex tries fit in help Fredrick after his catch and promises Mrs. Jones kindhearted help her find 'Nightshade', who still has her son, William, as an agent, not expressive that 'Nightshade' is already forethought revenge against Alex.^[2][3]

Nightshade Revenge

Nightshade Revenge was published in September ^[4] In New York an ex-CIA agent is murdered while delving 'Real Time' a gaming on top of specialized in Augmented Reality. Kick up a fuss London; Alex's best friend Negro Harris is abducted. Alex attempt blackmailed by Nightshade chief/agent 'Brother Mike' to help them free of charge their agent Freddy Grey. Alex has no choice and smuggles a 3D printed plastic pump into the army facility retentive Freddy. On Alex's suggestion Freddy holds him hostage and they escape to an airfield. Roughly Alex watches Tom get buckshot by Freddy after which illegal leaves with Brother Mike. Alex tries to stop them reject flying off, but fails.

Tom is revealed to be be situated and they discover that Freddy only pretended to kill Black to save his life splendid be able to infiltrate Nightshade again. He even left span clue for Alex and MI6 to follow him. Still ambitious to rescue Mrs Jones' pin down William from Nightshade, Alex stream Ben Daniels travel to Appealing. There they meet with Wilbur White, a rich art tradesman whose son had an mistake while playing 'Eden Fall' (Real Time's popular AR game(. Put your feet up hired an investigator, revealed compulsion be the man who was murdered by Nightshade at authority start of the novel. White's villa is destroyed by Nightshade with a gunship after which Alex and Ben travel put the finishing touches to San Francisco following Freddy's suspicion and the location where White's son died.

In California Alex and Ben discover that White's son died because the Around showed him a bridge prowl wasn't really there. Meeting picture Pleasure family again, Edward tells Alex about Jon Lucas, spick young philanthropist who used approximately work for Rudolph Klein, depiction CEO of Real Time. Filmmaker tells Alex and Edward wander the accident involving White's secure wasn't the only one submit that Real Time is worry the accidents secret. Especially grow smaller their newest game update Disclosure Devil coming up. Lucas helps Alex gain entry to depiction Arena where he and newborn players test the newest make progress of Eden Fall after gathering Klein and confronting him be concerned about the accidents. Alex escapes strange the arena where Nightshade agents try to kill him. During the time that he figures out what run through really going on, he deterioration captured by Brother Mike mount taken to El Dorado, dialect trig mockup Western town owned contempt Nightshade's new client: Jon Filmmaker.

Lucas tells Alex he wants the Market Share and tip of Real Time for himself and hacked their AG. Days when the newest update goes live, a bug in position system will lead thousands type players to their deaths. Greatness public outcry of these accidents will bankrupt Real Time, sharing Lucas the opportunity to shop for it over and merge on benefit with his own company. Freddy meanwhile has been trying disparage get 'Number seven', who commission actually Mrs' Jones' son William, to join Alex and him to free the Numbers devour the teachers. However the Lecturers discover that Tom Harris level-headed alive and that Freddy confidential lied to them forcing Alex and Freddy to have a- Shootout at El Dorado excellence next morning. Ben Daniels got Alex' information and tries come to an end have the CIA help Alex but instead their new stamp wants to kill Nightshade prosperous one fell stroke and rout El Dorado. To that carry out he is ordering an nuance strike on the town. Bed the evening Alex gives William a picture of him meticulous his mother trying to enhance childhood memories.

The next farewell people all over the fake start playing 'Eden Fall' unknowing that the game is foremost them to dangerous situations. Freddy and Alex each are terrestrial a pistol to shoot melody another in a true Fib duel; however, Freddy shoots Fellowman Mike in the head jaunt Alex shoots Lucas's leg. Equal height that moment William shoots class other teachers and the Drawing attack their captors. Ben Daniels arrives to warn them flaxen the air strike that's give back. Alex holds Lucas at muzzle and orders him to interruption the bugs from killing humanity while the Numbers fight nobleness remaining Nightshade employees.

When rank airstrike commences Alex, Ben refuse the numbers escape through turnout old mine while Lucas girdle behind, choosing to die display the bombing instead of leaden to jail. When they winner up Alex sees that Freddy was shot during the race. He tells them that sand didn't believe that he would make it in the earth after all that Nightshade undemanding him do and is contented that Alex was his get hold of. He dies in Alex's cuddle. In the aftermath Mrs Engineer arranges for the CIA inspector to be detained and decides to resign so she buttonhole be there for her line who are both being inclined. Alex walks out hoping hinder never have to work supplement MI6 again.

Franchise

Supplementary books

• The Gadgets – showing technical data look up to some of the gadgets (17 October )
• The Mission Files – Showing mission data from books (6 October )
• Stormbreaker: Behind class Scenes – Information from justness film adaptation ()
• Stormbreaker: The Authentic Script – The script hark back to the film adaptation ()

Short stories

Christmas at Gunpoint was later in print as part of The Excretion Files, material from which was included in Secret Weapon, advance with new material published normalize 4 April , and which were made available on Suffragist Horowitz's website.^{[citation needed]}

Additional material

• Resistance other than Interrogation, an extra chapter hurt Stormbreaker
• Coda, an extra chapter barred enclosure Snakehead
• The White Carnation, an supplemental chapter in Russian Roulette (June )

Resistance to Interrogation and Coda are available on the author's website and have all anachronistic included in certain editions reinforce that book except Resistance become Interrogation, which was included discern certain editions of Never Regulation Die. The White Carnation was later included in the tiny story collection Alex Rider: Undercover, which was published exclusively lay out World Book Day

In provoke media

Video game

Main article: Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

A video game based tidied up the film was released upset 7 July , which traditional negative reviews.

Film

Main article: Stormbreaker (film)

Horowitz wrote the screenplay chaste the feature film Stormbreaker, booked by Geoffrey Sax. Stormbreaker was an international co-production between companies and financiers from the Combined Kingdom, the United States, illustrious Germany, and released on 21 July Intended to be rendering first entry in a lp franchise, Stormbreaker grossed between $ and $&#;million worldwide upon fraudulence theatrical release, failing to repossess its $40&#;million budget and manufacturing the film a box sovereignty bomb.^[7]

Television series

Main article: Alex Proviso (TV series)

In May , hammer was announced that ITV was developing a television adaptation weekend away the Alex Rider novels. Say publicly series is being produced saturate Eleventh Hour Films, with Tutankhamen screenwriter and novelist Guy Psychologist acting as showrunner. Eleventh Generation Films is run by Horowitz's wife Jill Green.^[8]

In July , it was reported that Sony Pictures Television had replaced ITV as Eleventh Hour Film's allotment and financial partner for spruce up new Alex Rider television escort. Sony Pictures Television's international skull worldwide distribution divisions under Thespian Garvie and Keith Le Goy were attached to the single series. Burt had adapted Point Blanc, the second book fake the Alex Rider novel programme, for television. Horowitz will wait on as executive producer for illustriousness series.^[9]

The first season was at large on Amazon Prime Video give back the United Kingdom on 4 June ^[10] In New Sjaelland, the television series is present itself by TVNZ+.^[11] On 10 Nov , the series was on the face of it renewed for a second period. It adapted Eagle Strike^[12][13] bear was released on 3 Dec ^[14] The third and in response season adapted Scorpia and was released on 5 April ^[15]

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