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The series currently comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic novels, seven short stories, and a supplementary book. The first novel, Stormbreaker , was released in the United Kingdom in the year 2000 and was adapted into a film in 2006, starring Alex Pettyfer as the titular protagonist.
Stormbreaker is a young adult action-adventure book written by British author Anthony Horowitz, and is the first novel in the Alex Rider series. The book was released in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2000, and in United States release on 21 May 2001, where it became a New York Times Bestseller . [ 1 ]
As they arrive, Alex parachutes out of the plane. Grin then attempts to ram Alex, but he crashes after Alex triggers a smoke-bomb he left in the plane, which causes Grin to crash and die in the docklands. In the film and Graphic novel, Alex shoots him with his mind-controlling fountain pen dart, and Grin's fate is left ambiguous.
13 February 1987 (novels) Alexander "Alex" Rider is a title character and the protagonist of the Alex Rider novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz . He has also been featured in three short stories written by Horowitz based in the same canon as the series; Secret Weapon , Christmas at Gunpoint and Incident in Nice .
Stormbreaker (comics), a fictional hammer wielded by the Marvel Comics character Beta Ray Bill Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill, a Marvel Comics miniseries; Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel, a 2005 graphic novel by Antony Johnston based on the novel
In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. [1] In 2007, it was adapted into a graphic novel, written by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Kanako Damerum and Yuzuru Takasaki, and in 2020 served as the basis of the first season of the Amazon Prime Video series Alex Rider , starring Otto Farrant as Rider.
Anthony John Horowitz CBE (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the Alex Rider series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spies for MI6, The Power of Five series (known as The Gatekeepers in the US), and The Diamond Brothers series.
Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel: 1 Graphic novel Antony Johnston Walker Books July 3, 2006 Adaptation of the first novel. Trade paperback (1844281116/ 978-1844281114) Point Blanc: The Graphic Novel: 1 Graphic novel September 3, 2007 Adaptation of the second novel. Trade paperback (1844281124/ 978-1844281121) Skeleton Key: The Graphic Novel: 1 ...