Alex Rider
 Cover of the first book in the series, Stormbreaker (UK first edition). |
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| Author | 
Anthony Horowitz |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Walker Books, et al |
| Publication date | September 4, 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp (first edition, paperback) |
Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. Seven novels have been published to date. The first novel, Stormbreaker, was first released in the United Kingdom in 2000 and was adapted for a motion picture in 2006. The novels are published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom and by Puffin in the United States. Due to primarily being spy fiction, the series is compared to James Bond and Rider is often referred to as a youthful version.
Story
Plot summary
The story opens with 14 year old orphan Alex Rider learning that his guardian and uncle, Ian Rider, has died in a car accident. Suspicious about the circumstances of his uncle's death, Alex decides to investigate himself and discovers that Ian is a spy, working for MI6. Alex is told that his uncle was investigating Herod Sayle, an Egyptian businessman and computer entrepreneur, who is donating a revolutionary computer system to every secondary school in the United Kingdom. MI6 forcibly recruit Alex to become a spy and place him in a gruelling SAS training camp before being moved onto Sayle's compound to investigate.
Universe
When not on missions, Alex is cared for by his American housekeeper, Jack Starbright (Jack is most probably her shortened first name, because she is a female and females aren't usually called Jack). After his uncle's death, Jack became his legal guardian and stayed in England to care for him. The friends live in Chelsea, London, where Alex attends the local Brookland School. His school life is often interrupted by the missions set by MI6. Alan Blunt is head of MI6's Special Operations Branch and along with his second-in-command, Tulip Jones, the two frequently appear throughout the novels, usually to brief and de-brief Alex with his missions.
In each novel, a villain appears, each having a plan which Alex (and MI6) must thwart.
Characters
Series
- Stormbreaker (September 4, 2000)
- Point Blanc (September 3, 2001) (titled Point Blank in the United States)
- Skeleton Key (July 8, 2002)
- Eagle Strike (April 7, 2003)
- Scorpia (April 1, 2004)
- Ark Angel (April 1, 2005)
- Snakehead (November 13, 2007)
- Yassen (Anthony Horowitz has suggested it as the eight book at the Edinburgh Book Festival.It will contain the childhood of Yassen the assassin. Alex Rider will make brief appearances throughout the book.)
Supplementary books
Short stories
Other media
Films
- Stormbreaker (July 21, 2006)
- Point Blanc (2008 or 2009)
Video Games
- for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance (September 25, 2006)
External links
| Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series |
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| Books |
| Stormbreaker - Point Blanc - Skeleton Key - Eagle Strike - Scorpia - Ark Angel - Snakehead - Yassen |
| Short stories and other media |
| Alex Rider: Secret Weapon - Alex Rider: Christmas at Gunpoint - Stormbreaker (film) - Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (video game) |
| Protagonists |
| Alex Rider - Jack Starbright - Smithers - Alan Blunt - Tulip Jones - John Crawley - Sabina Pleasure - Joe Byrne - Paul Drevin - Tamara Knight |
| Antagonists |
| Herod Sayle - Nadia Vole - Hugo Grief - Eva Stellenbosch - Alexei Sarov - Damian Cray - Julia Rothman - Nikolei Drevin - Magnus Payne - Yassen Gregorovich - See more characters |
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