A special 25th anniversary edition of the first action-packed Alex Rider adventure, featuring a brand new short story.
The iconic first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers to every school in the country. But the teenage spy soon finds himself in mortal danger.
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781529526660
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 198 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 17 mm
Horowitz is second to none at writing page-turners that children are desperate to read. - Sunday Express (S Magazine)
The constant excitement and anticipation as to what will happen next allows the reader to become invested in the plot and want to read more of this series and others like it. - The Glasgow Herald
[Anthony Horowitz’s] writing keeps the reader constantly on the edge of their seat and Alex is a relatable and likeable character with enough depth to sustain the series ... Alex’s character development inspires young readers to believe that not only can they find ways through whatever troubles they face, but by doing so they can emerge as heroes. - The National
In truth there is an element of boyish fun in all his work, even when a murder is involved. In the Alex Rider series, about a teenager recruited by MI6, it is explicit, but there is a gleefulness about all his writing, a wry humour. - The Sunday Times & The Sunday Times Ireland
Anthony Horowitz has nailed the high-action read for teenagers with his Alex Rider series - Good Housekeeping
Alex Rider is an ‘ordinary’ fourteen-year-old pressured into a dangerous world of espionage by MI5. Throughout the course of nine books he has faced death hundreds of times, has made miraculous escapes, thwarted... More
At the age of (almost!) 23, I still loved this book just as much as I did when I read them as a child! The plot is full of action and adventure, it's exciting and thrilling. Alex Rider himself is an impressive,... More
Anthony Horowitz taps into the younger James Bond stories in this wonderful series of books.
Stormbreaker is the first in the Alex Rider series and captures the adventure and action of a teenager's life as he...
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