Brooks, Sam (5 June 2020). "Bond, Teen Bond: The brilliance of the Alex Rider series". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020 . Retrieved 5 June 2020.

A film adaptation, starring Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider, was released in 2006, which underperformed at the box office and earned lukewarm reception. When Sayle attended school, he was bullied because of his accent and skin colour. The worst bully was none other than the future Prime Minister, leading him to despise English children, as well as the whole of the UK in general. As a result, Sayle plans to take revenge on the Prime Minister and Britain with his "April Fools Joke"; when the computers are activated by the Prime Minister, the virus, a potent strain of smallpox, will be released into every school in the country, killing every schoolchild and teacher in the country, with Sayle gloating that there will be none left by midnight. Stormbreaker was the only book so far in the series that didn't end with a pitched, climactic battle at the culmination of the story.Lyall, Sarah (18 July 2006). "He Was a Teenage Spy, Surrounded by Treacherous Adults". The New York Times . Retrieved 22 May 2007.

November, 12, 2023 Anthony Horowitz Signing! Sunday 12th November 1.30pm Muswell Hill• CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP LONDON IN MUSWELL HILL This time Alex had joined them. The Killing House had been booby-trapped. They weren’t told how. All five of them were unarmed. Their job was simply to get from one end of the house to the other without being "killed." In June 2006, the producers signed a deal with Nintendo that made the Nintendo DS a prominent feature in the film, much like the Power Glove in The Wizard. [13] This is an upgrade from the Game Boy Color that Alex used in the novel version. A tie-in game, Alex Rider: Stormbreaker was also released on the said DS and its predecessor, the Game Boy Advance. In addition to the Nintendo marketing in the film, Alex's cell phone is a Nokia 7710 and uses a sodium pentothal pen to get to London, not a gun. Bennett, Ray (26 July 2006). "Stormbreaker". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 . Retrieved 22 May 2007. Alex bit his lip and said nothing. But he was glad when the four men were sent off for a day’s jungle survival course—this wasn’t part of his own training. Even though the sergeant worked him twice as hard once they were gone, Alex preferred to be on his own.If that was real life, you’d be dead," the sergeant said. "What did I tell you? Sending me a child was a mistake. And a stupid, clumsy child who doesn’t look where he’s going . . . that’s even worse!" BOOKS BY ANTHONY HOROWITZ The Devil and His Boy THE ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES: Stormbreaker Point Blank Skeleton Key Eagle Strike Scorpia Ark Angel THE DIAMOND BROTHERS MYSTERIES: Public Enemy Number Two The Falcon’s Malteser Three of Diamonds South by Southeast The next day, Alex is kidnapped by Sayle after hailing a taxi and taken at gunpoint to the top of a tall skyscraper. Before Sayle can shoot and kill Alex, however, he is shot by Gregorovich, who lands on the building in a helicopter. Gregorovich explains he had to kill Sayle because he had become an embarrassment to the people Gregorovich works for. Alex threatens to get revenge on Gregorovich for killing his uncle, but Gregorovich just laughs and flies away in the helicopter.

Alex glanced at Wolf. Wolf looked the other way. What should he say? Should he even try to tell the truth? In August 2006, the film was retitled Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker for North American release. A new poster and trailer were released along with the announcement. It was also revealed that the US premiere would take place on the Intrepid aircraft carrier at the Hudson River, New York City.

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I’m not allowed to tell you that." Alex went over to his bunk and sat down. The mattress felt as solid as the frame. Despite the cold, there was only one blanket. Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know!

Do you want to tell me what happened in there, Cub?" he demanded. When Alex didn’t answer, he went on. "You ruined the exercise. You fouled up. You could get the whole unit binned. It’s not my job to ask questions," he had said. "But if it was, I’d want to know what they’re thinking of, sending me children. Do you have any idea where you are, boy? This isn’t a holiday camp. This isn’t Disneyland." He cut the word into its three syllables and spat them out. "I have you for twelve days and they expect me to give you the sort of training that should take fourteen weeks. That’s not just mad. That’s suicidal." But on the tenth day, Wolf did come close to finishing him altogether. It happened in the Killing House.

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The film's plot follows a teenage boy who is recruited by MI6 after his uncle, a secret agent, is killed in action. He is sent on a mission in Cornwall to gather intelligence behind Stormbreaker, an advanced computer system being provided to schools across Britain, and its creator, billionaire Darrius Sayle. Wolf shook his head and smiled humorlessly. "Look what they’ve sent us," he muttered. "Double O Seven? Double O Nothing’s more like it." Robin Of Sherwood: Sanctuary (By: Michael Praed,Paul Birch,Richard Carpenter,Barnaby Eaton-Jones,Andy Secombe,Nikolas Grace) Living in central London now, he currently resides with his wife and two sons there as he continues to write to this day. Producing his television series ‘Foyles War’, he met his wife Jill Green in Hong-Kong in 1988, after which they had their two children. His two children now are said to help him with ideas providing new material and fresh insight for his many books to come. Writing Career