Nightshade Award-winning author by Anthony Horowitz (author)

FROM THE BESTSELLING MYSTERY-THRILLER AUTHOR, ANTHONY HOROWITZ, READ THE PENULTIMATE BOOK IN THE ORIGINAL YOUNG SPY SERIES THAT’S NOW A GLOBAL SENSATION.

‘Everything that a spy novel should be: action-packed, impossible to put down, fast-paced and yet lined with plot twists aplenty’ – Guardian

In this adrenaline-fuelled adventure, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organization known only as Nightshade. Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his hands.

Alex Rider is now an Amazon Prime series!

Now you’ve entered the world of Alex Rider, there’s much more to explore . . .

Stormbreaker (also a graphic novel) Point Blanc (also a graphic novel) Skeleton Key (also a graphic novel) Eagle Strike (also a graphic novel) Scorpia (also a graphic novel) Ark Angel (also a graphic novel) Snakehead (also a graphic novel) Crocodile Tears Scorpia Rising Russian Roulette Never Say Die Secret Weapon Nightshade Nightshade Revenge

Product Details

Catalogue number

2382 in Schools Catalogue 2025/26

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781406390629

Publisher

Walker Books Ltd

Date published

April 1st, 2021

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.5; Middle years plus; 15.0 points

Other details

384 pages

Condition

New

Available in these packs

5books
Library Refresh: Year 6 Collection

gbp prices

Offer price: £30.00

Rewards/RRP: £39.95

Author/Illustrator

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz started writing because he wanted to be like Tintin. He has now travelled to all the places that Tintin has been – apart from the moon!

His Alex Rider series is one of the most popular children’s book series ever, and the first Alex Rider book, Stormbreaker, became a major Hollywood film. In 2003, Anthony won the Red House Children’s Book Award (voted for by children) for Skeleton Key.

He is also the author of the highly acclaimed Diamond Brothers detective stories, as well as the bestselling The Power of Five books, which were inspired by a simple thought. “Isn’t it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street where you live, just out of the corner of your eye?”

Anthony lives in central London with his wife Jill Green, a TV producer, and their sons Nicholas and Cassian. His whole family gets involved in his writing. Jill has produced several of Anthony’s scripts, including the drama serial Foyle’s War, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award in 2003. His son Cassian is already a seasoned actor, having appeared in three of his shows, and Nicholas, his oldest son, has helped Anthony to research the Alex Rider books by trying his hand at everything from scuba-diving to snowboarding and surfing!

In 2013, Anthony was awarded an OBE for services to literature..