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Paperback
Published: 1st May 2015
Paperback
Published: 1st January 2016
Paperback
Published: 1st September 2025
Stormbreaker: Silver Edition, includes exclusive short story!
By (Author) Anthony Horowitz
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st September 2025
1st May 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Winner of Stockport Schools Book Award 2001 (UK)
Paperback
288
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
198g
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.
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 Horowitzs] 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 ... Alexs 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 *
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific writers working in the UK, and is unique for working in so many areas juggling books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 50 books, including the bestselling Alex Rider teen spy series, which is estimated to have sold 21 million copies worldwide and has been filmed for TV, and the thrilling fantasy-adventure series, The Power of Five. He was made a CBE for services to Literature.