Like a young James Bond (and Anthony Horowitz has now been commissioned to write the next Bond movie), here are the classic ALEX RIDER novels for ages nine to excitable adults in this popular series which has converted a lot of reluctant readers. The set comprises books one to ten: Stormbreaker, Point Blanc, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, Ark Angel, Snakehead, Crocodile Tears, Scorpia Rising and Russian Roulette. Action, adrenalin and adventure, this series of spy novels written by the British author revolve around a teenage spy named Alex Rider. Horowitz has indicated he hopes to start on the 14th in the series soon, and the first, Stormbreaker, was released in 2000 and adapted into a film in 2006 starring Alex Pettyfer. Alex is recruited by MI6 after discovering the truth about his uncle's life and death and sent to complete his uncle's latest mission to investigate a Lebanese multimillionaire named Herod Sayle and his creation - the revolutionary and newly-developed computer named Stormbreaker which contains a lethal variation of smallpox and they Sayle plans to ruthlessly kill thousands of school children around the world with it. Alex foils the plan and succeeds on his first mission. The series continues with a school for rebellious billionaires, a plot to fix the 2001 Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, the hijacking of the US nuclear arsenal, assassinations and more. Ten paperbacks in a slipcase, ideal for all adventurous children. 20.5 x 13 x 23cm it fits neatly on a bookshelf and has ALEX RIDER printed across the book spines of the set.
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