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The sniper’s bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive . . . just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has to stop him. But the boy he saves is no ordinary patient: He is the son of Nikolai Drevin, one of the richest men in the world. The eccentric billionaire has been targeted by Force Three, a group of eco-terrorists who claim his project Ark Angel?the first luxury hotel in outer space?is a danger to the environment. Soon Alex discovers that Force Three will stop at nothing to destroy Ark Angel, even if it means sending four hundred tons of molten glass and steel hurtling down to Earth and killing millions . . . unless Alex can stop them.

When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious—and identical—overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.

Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil.

Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrori

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission to Cornwall, where Middle-Eastern multi-billionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers. Sayle has offered to give one free to every school in the country – but there's more to the gift than meets the eye. Visit the Alex Rider website at www.alexrider.comFor readers aged: 9+

Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy – an exclusive school for rebellious rich

The second story in the bestselling fantasy series The Power of Five by Anthony Horowitz.

The third episode in the epic fantasy series by Anthony Horowitz.

The fourth book in the supernatural series by Anthony Horowitz.

The final and epic story in the bestselling supernatural series.

《Alex Rider》系列第一集推出25週年紀念版，並增收作者Anthony Horowitz特別撰寫的短篇故事。十四歲的Alex在叔叔意外身亡後，才發現自己被捲入情報世界，被MI6徵召執行調查任務。看似無害的Stormbreaker電腦，其實隱藏著致命的秘密。Alex必須憑著冷靜與勇氣，揭開幕後真相。本書節奏俐落、充滿電影感，結合少年成長與間諜元素，是當代青少年冒險文學的代表作。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.

Alex Rider is nowa Freevee original series!From internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz comes the fourteenth thrilling installment of the Alex Rider series! Follow the world's greatest teen spy as he sets off to California to battle Nightshade once again—this time, for good.When Alex Rider thwarted the plans of the criminal organization Nightshade, he knew he'd made a new, blatantly evil enemy. But he hadn't expected to get sucked back into the spy game so quickly—that is, until the Nightshade masterminds kidnap his best friend, forcing Alex to do their bidding if he ever wants to see his pal alive again.As Alex dives deep into this latest mission, his friend isn't the only one whose life is on the line. Nightshade has entered the world of virtual reality gaming, and the lines between what's real and what's digital are being blurred everywhere. With a ruthless enemy fighting dirty and not caring who gets hurt along the way, the stakes have never been higher—and this time, i

The Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH may be defeated, but a new organization, Stalnaya Ruska, has arisen from its ashes. Under Moscow’s direction, the group is planning a major act of terrorism which, if successful, will destabilize relations between East and West.Returning from Jamaica and his encounter with Scaramanga (The Man with the Golden Gun), James Bond ponders his future. He is aware of a world that is changing all too rapidly around him. The old certainties of the early postwar years are gone. Disdain for the establishment is rising, and the intelligence services are no longer trusted. Bond is beginning to wonder if his “license to kill” is still valid.But the threat to the free world remains all too real, and now 007 has a new assignment: discover what Stalnaya Ruska is planning and prevent it from happening. To succeed, Bond will have to make the Russians believe he’s a double agent and travel behind the Iron Curtain.First though, he will have to convince Sonya Drag

The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don't expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation--or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival's other guests--an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children's author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian--along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line.When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz beco

A bold and striking graphic novel adaptation of the sixth novel in Anthony Horowitz’s acclaimed Alex Rider series.After a chance encounter with the son of billionaire Nikolei Drevin, Alex Rider finds

Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz’s brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne.“You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . “These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine—a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide.

The writer “Anthony Horowitz” and eccentric detective Daniel Hawthorne team up again in a new mystery as they delve deeper into Hawthorne’s past.

The number one bestselling author of Alex Rider gives horror a whole new look in this mischievous collection of ten twisted tales. This chilling collection of ten nightmarish and fiendishly funny shor

From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery.When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she’s intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan’s traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.Conway’s latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, th

James Bond, the world’s most famous spy, returns to his 1950s heyday in this thriller from New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, incorporating never-before-published material from 007’s

In the wickedly funny sequel to Groosham Grange by bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, someone is trying to destroy David Eliot's school. A year ago, he'd have been happy to see the end of Groosham G

Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming,New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz returns literary legend James Bond to his 1950s heyday in this e

Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming,New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz returns literary legend James Bond to his 1950s heyday in this e

The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from the bestselling author ofThe House of Silk, sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate, which explores what really happened when Sherlock Holmes a

本書收錄《Alex Rider》系列十冊，帶領讀者跟隨十四歲少年間諜亞歷克斯‧萊德，踏上一場場驚心動魄的任務。從初次被迫加入軍情六處，到橫越歐洲、亞洲與非洲的危險行動，他面對的不僅是敵人，更是成長的孤獨與信任的試煉。作者Anthony Horowitz以緊湊節奏與犀利筆觸，描繪少年在陰謀與科技交錯的世界裡，如何在正義與復仇間尋找自己的位置。這套作品融合懸疑、冒險與人性掙扎，是青少年文學中兼具娛樂性與深度的代表作。・少年代入的高張力諜報冒險・結合科技陰謀與道德抉擇・節奏明快、情節縝密、人物立體Alex Rider 10 Books Collection Box Set by Anthony HorowitzTitles in This Set:1) Russian Roulette2) Scorpia Rising3) Crocodile Tears4) Snakehead5) Ark Angel6) Scorpia7) Eagle Strike8) Skeleton Key9) Point Blanc10) StormbreakerDescription:Russian RouletteAn international contract killer has been given his orders. His next target is a fourteen-year-old spy ... Alex Rider. The man's name is Yassen Gregorovich. He knows Alex well. The two of them share a secret from the past. As he considers his next mission, Yassen remembers the forces that turned him from an ordinary schoolboy into a hired assassin. What is it that makes someone choose to do evil? What would it take to make them kill? This thrilling adventure will be the deadliest yet...Scorpia

Chase through the streets of Elizabethan London in this historical adventure from the creator of Alex Rider.London is dirty, distant and dangerous ... but that’s where orphan Tom Falconer is heading.

ONLY AVAILABLE AS 50 COPY PACK (USE ISBN: 9781406347609) Tim Diamond is the world's worst detective. In this title, two mysteries will test his nerves to the limit. What does strawberry yoghurt possi

A dark and shocking conclusion to the bestselling Alex Rider missions.This gripping final mission brings together Alex Rider's old enemies to frame the teenage superspy in an unstoppable plot of reven

Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr. Mobius soon recruits Tom to p

Ten years ago, Anthony Horowitz introduced the world to Alex Rider . . . and now his debut mission is back in a special fully loaded anniversary edition! Packed with bonus material - including a brand

It looks like Tim, the world’s worst private detective, and Nick, his brainy kid brother, are in trouble again. They’re dead broke. But money is the least of their worries when a mysterious man bursts

What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced

Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the south of France until a sudden, ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery – and this time, MI6 don’t want to

Alex Rider is in hospital and determined to put his spying days behind him. But he is forced back into action when the vicious terrorist group Force Three takes him prisoner. Alex makes his escape - y

When the vertically-challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world. Next day,

Hong Kong has been taken over by the Old Ones and has become Necropolis, city of the dead. Once in, there is no way out. Evil has been unleashed on the world and only five children - with special powe

A boy's casual wish leads him into a dark and mysterious world in this thrilling adventure from the creator of Alex Rider.

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began.The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera that takes the reader to the very beginning of James Bond's illustrious career and the formation of his identity.M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. "We have no choice. We're just going to bring forward this other chap you've been preparing. But you didn't tell me his name.""It's Bond, sir," the Chief of Staff replied. "James Bond."The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time.One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand.It's time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organized crime.It's time for James Bond to earn his license to kill.

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera, taking readers into the very beginning of James Bond’s illustrious career and the formation of his identity. *** M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. “We have no choice. We’re just going to bring forward this other chap you’ve been preparing. But you didn’t tell me his name.”“‘It’s Bond, sir,'” the Chief of Staff replied. “James Bond.”The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It’s time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organized crime. It’s time for James Bond to earn his license to kill.

The final, thrilling conclusion to #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's masterful series -- now in paperback!All that's left is the endgame . . .For a moment, it looked like they ha