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The Alex Rider novels are a series of books about the adventures of reluctant teenage spy Alex Rider, written by award winning British author Anthony Horowitz. They are told in third person narrative, but one of the short stories is told in Alex's first person point of view. Currently, the series consists of four short stories, eleven novels, and one spin-off.
Books
Related to Series
So far the series is comprised of eleven novels focused on Alex Rider's adventures in the world of espionage. In chronological order.
Stormbreaker
Enemy: Herod/Darrius Sayle (See main article)
Point Blanc
Enemy: Dr Grief (See main article)
Skeleton Key
Enemy: General Alexei Sarov (See main article)
Eagle Strike
Enemy:Damian Cray (See main article)
Scorpia
Enemy: Julia Rothman (See main article)
Ark Angel
Enemy: Nikolei Drevin (See main article)
Snake Head
Enemy: Winston Yu(See main article)
Crocodile Tears
Enemy: Desmond McCain(See main article)
Scorpia Rising
Enemy: Abdul-Aziz Al-Rahim(See main article)
Russian Roulette
Enemy: Vladimir Sharkovsky(See main article)
A spin-off novel on assassian Yassen Gregorovich's life.
Never Say Die
Enemy: Giovanni and Eduardo Grimaldi(See main article)
Non-Canon
These books are not part of the Alex Rider series. Rather, they go deeper into each of Alex's adventures, such as gadgets or information not given in the canon novels.
Alex Rider: The Mission Files
Alex Rider: The Gadgets
Other Works
Short Stories
Several short stories written by Anthony Horowitz have been released in other publications such as the Sunday Times.
Graphic Novels
It has been planned that each novel will have a corresponding graphic novel.
Film
The Stormbreaker film (dubbed "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" in North America) was based on the original Alex Rider series' first novel: Stormbreaker.
Video Game
The video game was based on the movie adaptation of "Stormbreaker."
TV Series
(See main article)
An Amazon Prime web television series that adapts the Alex Rider book series.
About
Some miscellaneous things about the series.
Genre
The Alex Rider series is categorized as spy-fiction and thriller for "espionage elements" and "exciting situations."
Trivia
- For the Japanese release, manga author Hirohiko Araki illustrated the covers and certain scenes for the first six novels.
Official Websites
- Anthony Horowitz official website
- Alex Rider United Kingdom official website
- Alex Rider North America official website