ALEX RIDER

'''Alex Rider''' is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. Six novels have been published to date and the seventh, ''Snakehead'', is planned for release in November, 2007. 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.

Contents

Story

Plot summary

Universe

Characters

Series

Supplementary books

Short stories

Other media

Films

External links

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. After his uncle's death, Jack became his legal guardian and stayed in England to care for him. The pair 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

Main articles: List of characters (Alex Rider)

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'' (October 31, 2007)
#''Yassen'' (Anthony Horowitz has suggested it as the eight book at the Edinburgh Book Festival.It will contain the childhood of Yassen the assasin. Alex Rider will make brief appearances throughout the book.)

Supplementary books

★ '' (October 17, 2005)

Short stories

★ '' (February 9, 2003)

★ '' (January 1, 2007)

Other media

Films

★ ''Stormbreaker'' (July 21, 2006)

★ ''Point Blanc'' (2008 or 2009)

External links

★ Official website of the books

★ Official website of the film