Alex Rider is a series of spy novels written by English author Anthony Horowitz. The series comprises eleven novels featuring the adventures of teenage spy and titular character Alex Rider. From 2002 to 2007, the first six books in the series were released in Japan under the title Her Majesty the Queen's Boy Spy, Alex (女王陛下の少年スパイ！アレックス, Joōheika no Shōnen Supai! Arekkusu), with Hirohiko Araki providing cover artwork and illustrations for the series.
Release Dates
| # | Title | Japanese Title |  Release Date |
 Release Date |
 Release Date |
Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stormbreaker | ストームブレイカー Sutōmubureikā |
September 4, 2000 | May 21, 2001 | August 26, 2002 July 20, 2007 (Bunko) |
Fuya Tatsumura |
| 2 | Point Blanc[Note 1] | ポイントブランク Pointo Buranku |
September 3, 2001 | April 15, 2002 | December 13, 2002 August 21, 2007 (Bunko) | |
| 3 | Skeleton Key | スケルトンキー Sukeruton Kī |
July 8, 2002 | April 28, 2003 | June 26, 2003 September 20, 2007 (Bunko) |
Mari Morishima |
| 4 | Eagle Strike | イーグルストライク Īguru Sutoraiku |
September 4, 2003 | April 12, 2004 | November 26, 2003 | |
| 5 | Scorpia | スコルピア Sukorupia |
April 1, 2004 | March 17, 2005 | July 26, 2004 | |
| 6 | Ark Angel | アークエンジェル Āku Enjeru |
April 1, 2005 | April 20, 2006 | July 26, 2007[1] | Suzuo Saso |
| 7 | Snakehead | N/A | April 7, 2008 | September 4, 2008 | TBA | TBA |
| 8 | Crocodile Tears | N/A | June 7, 2010 | November 16, 2010 | TBA | |
| 9 | Scorpia Rising | N/A | March 31, 2011 | March 22, 2011 | TBA | |
| 10 | Russian Roulette | N/A | September 12, 2013 | N/A | TBA | |
| 11 | Never Say Die | N/A | June 1, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | TBA | |
| 12 | Secret Weapon | N/A | April 7, 2019 | N/A | TBA | |
| 13 | Nightshade | N/A | April 2, 2020 | April 7, 2020 | TBA | |
| 14 | Nightshade Revenge | N/A | September 2023 | TBA | TBA |
Summary
Stormbreaker
They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood.[2]
Point Blanc
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 kids, run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high on an isolated mountain peak in the French Alps. Armed only with a false ID and a new collection of brilliantly disguised gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the academy as a pupil and establish the truth about what is really happening there.
Skeleton Key
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. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first... Uniting forces with America's own CIA for the first time, teen spy Alex Rider battles terror from the sun-baked beaches of Miami all the way to the barren ice fields of northernmost Russia. Come along for the thrilling ride of a lifetime.
Eagle Strike
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 know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers, even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret - and a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined.
Scorpia
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 terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia’s latest plot: an operation known only as “Invisible Sword” that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped?
Ark Angel
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.
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Footnotes
- ↑ For the US release, this title is spelled Point Blank
References
- Alex Rider on Wikipedia