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Scorpia (Alex Rider #5)

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Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex’s father was murdered by MI6, in an ope...more

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Published January 31st 2004 by Walker Books Ltd

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Dec 04, 2007 Jamie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: everyone

The book I read is called Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz. Horowitz has written other books such as Point Blank, Stormbreaker, Eagle Strike, and Skeleton Key. This is the fourth and final book of The Alex Rider adventures. This book is about a teenager boy that is a spy for MI6. He goes to Italy to find a company that he heard about from a former enemy named Yassen Gregorovich. Just before Yassen died he said Alex would find his destiny in Scorpia. He ends up working for them, but after hearing abou...more

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Nov 24, 2007 Rohan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Horowitz fans

One of the finest books i have read and this book is so engrossing that i read it in one single stretch.I love reading this book.

Alex goes to Venice for a school trip but he was told in Eagle Strike that he would learn about his father's past.So he tracks down a gang named Scorpia which is a underworld gang and is included of Murderers and what they tell him about his father horrifies him.Then Scorpia hire him as a member of the gang of murderers and his first mission is to kill Mrs.Jones.Alex i...more

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Oct 05, 2008 Caleb rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: people who like Action/Adventure/Mystery

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This book was very interesting. It was basically about Alex Rider trying to find out about his father. He never knew his father because he had died when Alex was a kid. Scorpia is a secret agency that mainly assassinates people. My favorite part of this book was when Alex was sneaking into a room with a tiger laid out on the floor. There is a lot more to this part, but I don't want this to be a spoiler. I would recommend this to anyone who like adventure and mystery with a little bit of action s...more

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Jun 14, 2013 Juan Perez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Scorpia, the fourth installment in the Alex Rider series by author Anthony Horowitz sends a great message and has an excellent story behind it. We all know that Alex Rider is a teen super spy hired by the M16 in England and he takes risky missions to save the world. Now we see him on a mission of his own to find out what happened to his parents. Throughout the book we see that as he finds more clues to the whereabouts his parents he finds out he actually follows in their foots step be they were...more Scorpia, the fourth installment in the Alex Rider series by author Anthony Horowitz sends a great message and has an excellent story behind it. We all know that Alex Rider is a teen super spy hired by the M16 in England and he takes risky missions to save the world. Now we see him on a mission of his own to find out what happened to his parents. Throughout the book we see that as he finds more clues to the whereabouts his parents he finds out he actually follows in their foots step be they were as well secret agents. Finding out he joins the Evil terrorist group that killed his parents. The story finishes with a bullet to the heart of the courageous hero. “He didn’t understand what was happening. The color was rapidly draining out of the air”
On his journey to find out what happens to his parents he encounters the head of Scorpia, she tells him about his parents and that his father was an agent of them, which is all lies. ”your father was an instructor here . I worked with him and he was a good friend to me.” She tells him that he is the reason for some bombings that happened in the past. This discourages Alex but nevertheless he continues to find out more. In joining them he is put through a set of training that will teach him how to be a ruthless killer. As he reaches closer to finding out what actually happens to his parents he is sent on a task to kill the assistant of the M16. Though he pulls through and realizes that he is in the wrong and he almost killed a friend for the past.
The author’s purpose of writing this book was that he wanted to show a different side to Alex. From the beginning of the series we get this character that we love but we barley know anything his parents or uncle. Our blindness is his as well and this book opens our eyes the harsh past. The author also probably got tired of the repeat super hero story and sought this as a perfect chance to clarify the actual history behind Alex. With the story being told will set a different appeal to the rest of the series. Now we know that this horrible group of Scorpia exist and we know the anger Alex feel s towards them.
In my honest opinion I do find this book very captivating, the change it poses on the series is a change for good. The series goes from a young adult action themed book to a book that can stand for so many things. Now we get a 3-D look behind Alex and for the first time this story turns into an actual reality message that many of us can relate to. Anyone who has the same parental issue those Alex Faces throughout most of his life and dealing with not having them can understand the loss that he feels. The book has its strength and its weakness but most of it is a strength. The greatest strength of the book would the message that it poses and the greatest weakness would be some of the parts that the author clearly BS’d it but for the most part he is a great author and an even better story teller.
The book and the series are amazing and I would gratefully recommend this book and the series as well. It sends an amazing message and brings more depth to our hero. My final thoughts would be that I love the Alex Rider series already and this book made my love increase so much more. I just loved that he joined the villains and fought alongside them. Anthony Horowitz uses a classic plot line to show that Alex can sometimes be very unpredictable.

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May 16, 2013 Yosef Goldstein rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was a great book!!!! It has everything you can want in a book. It has action. It has suspense. It has riddles and clues that are hard to figure out. Once again Alex Rider is the one to save all of England. In a breathtaking experience Anthony Horowitz brings Alex’s story to a different level of novels.
When Yassen Gregorovich, Scorpia’s assassin, tells Alex that Alex’s father was one of the best assassins for the secret organization Scorpia, Alex is swept into an exciting story searchi...more

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Feb 17, 2013 Arjun added it · review of another edition

Scorpia is the fifth book in the who knows how many books long alex rider series. In Scorpia Alex becomes obsessed with Scorpia which Yassan told him had something to do with his father. After going undercover and making a close escape from a formal Scorppia party, Alex finds out about a secret facility that scorpia owns and is doing something with. After infiltrating it and being caught he is recognized as Alex Rider, and his loved by everyone in Scorpia. He is sent to kill Mrs. Jones for his f...more Scorpia is the fifth book in the who knows how many books long alex rider series. In Scorpia Alex becomes obsessed with Scorpia which Yassan told him had something to do with his father. After going undercover and making a close escape from a formal Scorppia party, Alex finds out about a secret facility that scorpia owns and is doing something with. After infiltrating it and being caught he is recognized as Alex Rider, and his loved by everyone in Scorpia. He is sent to kill Mrs. Jones for his first assignment and couldn't bring himself to do it. M16 captures him and tells him the truth that his Father was a double agent that actually worked for M16. Alex then goes back undercover for Scorpia destroys the hot air balloon that would kill thousands of children by senting a teraherz signal that would turn nanoparticles into gold clogging there heart. And somehow the wreckage of the balloon falls on Mrs. Rothman (the Mrs. Jones of Scorpia). At the very end is the biggest twist of all, a sniper shoots Alex, and he is dying in the middle of the street and see's Mrs. Jones as his mother and Alan Blunt as his father.

I think that this was a awesome book! it revealed so much about Alex, Scorpia, and M16. The plot line is completely different and has huge unpredictable twists that make you feel like YOU were the one who just learned your father wasn't actually a contract killer, but a double agent working for the good of the world. Mrs. Jones transforms from a emotionless robot to a Woman who has had to make many tough decisions in her past. I think that the end was the most surprising because I know there is another book but it is going to be hard for the writer to make another book after Alex gets fatally shot. The Alex Rider Books are a bit older, and I think that Anthony Horowitz has become a worse writer (no offense to him). The newer Gatekeers series is more mindless action then Alex being a smart witted teenager with exciting twists turns and cool gadgets from Smithers. Overall this was a awesome book and really reveals a lot about the Alex Rider series.(less)

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Jan 17, 2013 Jalil Ajarrag rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The authors purpose in writing the book is to give readers an intense thriller to read about. The authors purpose is to also entertain the readers. The book has a good feeling on its audience. It also has a pleasing sensation on its audience. The book will have lasting value. The book is worthy.

The book is very well written. The book has great vocabulary usage and good organization. The book is admirable and commendable. "Alex sipped his drink and considered the view". The book was captivatin...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Priyanka Gubiligari rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Scorpia is the fifth book in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. In this book Alex Rider is ostensibly on vacation in Italy but he’s really following a clue as to how his father died which was given by Yassen Gregorovich to find scorpia in venace. When he learns the truth, he joins the criminal organization known as Scorpia. He knows they’re trained assassins, but he’s unaware of their plan to murder millions of London schoolchildren with a weapon only known as invisable sword. He returns...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Dominick Green rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The book “Scorpia” by Anthony Horowitz was a decent book that happens to be very hard to get into. I wasn’t very impressed by the way the author wrote and worded this book. In my opinion Anthony Horowitz did an outstanding job on the other Alex Rider books, but this one wasn’t exactly that great. The plot in this book took place in London where special agent Alex Rider (agent for MI6) has to save the world once again. In this book Alex Rider was on a mission to prevent the secret organization Sc...more The book “Scorpia” by Anthony Horowitz was a decent book that happens to be very hard to get into. I wasn’t very impressed by the way the author wrote and worded this book. In my opinion Anthony Horowitz did an outstanding job on the other Alex Rider books, but this one wasn’t exactly that great. The plot in this book took place in London where special agent Alex Rider (agent for MI6) has to save the world once again. In this book Alex Rider was on a mission to prevent the secret organization Scorpia to kill millions of people by one nuclear bomb. So Alex infiltrates their lair and finds out what they’re planning. So throughout the novel he overcomes obstacles to finally save the world once again. The genre of the book would be classified as action/thriller and adventure, based on all the action Anthony Horowitz provides in this novel. The preferable audience that would read this book would more than likely be young adult because of all the complicated words it has in the story. The people that wouldn’t enjoy the book at all would be those who don’t necessarily like reading long books with small print. Though I’m kind of one of those people I still read the novel based on the past books in the Alex Rider series. If you love reading long action packed books this may be the one for you, if not then don’t read it. The readability of the book depends on what you like. To me it was very boring and hard to even turn the next page because (in my opinion it was terrible) it was that bad. The book was a total sleeper that I found hard to get into. There are some challenging words or phrases for children under the age of twelve.
In conclusion to all of this the fifth book of the Alex Rider series was to most people the worst book in the series. I found it very hard to follow with the lack of interest Anthony Horowitz provided in the story. The books before were amazing which made me want to keep on reading them until I came upon this one. I hope I can get into more of Anthony Horowitz’s books because this one really changed my opinion on him. I hope those of you give it a try and see what your opinion may be on the story.
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Dec 15, 2012 Isabel H. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

by Anthony Horowitz
Realistic Fiction
388 pages

Alex Rider is on a mission. This time he is not working for MI6, instead this time there is a job that he has to do for himself. Just a short time ago Alex was present when his old nemesis, Yassen Gregorovich died. Before he died Yassen told Alex that he and Alex’s father used to be comrades and if Alex wanted to know more about his father and his father’s life he must go to Venice where he should find Scorpia. Scorpia would help “find your destiny. A...more by Anthony Horowitz
Realistic Fiction
388 pages

Alex Rider is on a mission. This time he is not working for MI6, instead this time there is a job that he has to do for himself. Just a short time ago Alex was present when his old nemesis, Yassen Gregorovich died. Before he died Yassen told Alex that he and Alex’s father used to be comrades and if Alex wanted to know more about his father and his father’s life he must go to Venice where he should find Scorpia. Scorpia would help “find your destiny. Alex does not even know what or who Scorpia is but he still goes to Italy and soon after he arrives he does indeed connect with Scorpia. He discovers that Scorpia is an organization whose members are blackmailers and assassins. Alex when through a trainingand after it Alex is sent on his first mission – to murder Mrs. Jones, the MI6 operative who was responsible for John Rider’s death. Thankfully Alex does not succeed and Mrs. Jones and her boss, Mr. Blunt, are able to get Alex to change sides. They tell the young man that Scorpia is planning on killing thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of English school children using a mystery weapon called “Invisible Sword.” Although Alex despises MI6 and everyone who works for that organization, he cannot stand by while Scorpia commits mass murder. So Alex agrees to become a double agent. Alex thought it was bad enough being a spy for MI6, but this new role is infinitely worse, not to mention highly dangerous.
There is several reasons why I really like this book. In this book there is a lot of action. For example, the whole part of Alex Rider trying to kill Mr. Jones has a ton of action. Alex Rider is full of mistery in the first couple books with all the missions that he is sent on. Scorpia is one of my favorite books because it is full of suspense. When Alex Rider is sent on missions he takes them very seriously because it is the only way that he can figure out what has happened. Because this book is full of suspense and action I would recommend it to many of my peers.(less)

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Jul 26, 2012 Nix rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: spy, science-fiction

Okay. Well. This book. This book was pretty cool, all said. At the end of the last book, I was almost in shock. I mean, whooooah. ALEX RIDER HAS A BIGGER PLOT THAN JUST A TEENAGE SPY RATTING OUT BAD GUYS. EVERYBODY GO HIDE UNDER A TABLE OR PUT A PAPER BAG OVER YOUR HEAD OR START USING THAT SUB-ETHA THUMB THINGY; THE WORLD IS ENDING.

Sorry, your ears are probably bleeding right now. Or would it be more accurate to say your eyes?

But I loved it that this time there was plot. I mean, yeah, the othe...more

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Dec 18, 2011 Anthony Guo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 10th-grade-quarter-2

Scorpia, by Anthony Horowitz, is the fifth book of the Alex Rider series. Scorpia is one of the most vicious and powerful gangs in the world, and they focus on terrorism or sabotage. They also killed Alex's parents, and are the primary reason of destruction and chaos. In this book, Scorpia tries to get rid of Alex once and for all because Alex is a very valuable spy for MI6.
I really like this book because not only is Alex going on a mission that risks his life but he is also going on a mission...more

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Oct 11, 2011 Brad Adkins rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely love the book Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz. This book is a great read for those who love action and suspense. Scorpia is about a boy named Alex Rider who is sent on a mission to gain intel on a corporation known as SCORPIA (Sabotage Corruption Intelligence Assassination). Alex first finds a top secret area where he meets a woman named Julia Rothman who is in fact the leader of SCORPIA. She then asks Rider if he would like to be trained so that he may become a member of SCORPIA. Alex...more

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Apr 28, 2011 Nick Goeman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure

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Mar 22, 2011 Harrison rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What I’ve always liked about the Alex Rider books is the creativity and, using a teenage spy, ability to appeal to the target audience, mainly adolescent boys. These books have always been “can’t put it downs” for me, but the part I always enjoy is the gadgets. I’ve always loved it that they take normal things and make them explosive, or turn it into an emergency contacting device, and I applaud Anthony Horowitz for the massive amount of creativity needed for coming up with all of those aspects...more

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Feb 17, 2011 Melody rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. How would you react if you found out a secret about your father? A terrible secret? A secret , perhaps, about him working on the dark side as an assassin? In the adventure book, Scorpia, by Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider discovers this very fact about his father. Alex is an undercover agent for MI6 (British Secret Service). In the last book of this series, a Russian agent, Yassen Gregorivich’s dying words to Alex were, “Find Scorpia….” Scorpia is an underground organization dedicated to “improvin...more How would you react if you found out a secret about your father? A terrible secret? A secret , perhaps, about him working on the dark side as an assassin? In the adventure book, Scorpia, by Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider discovers this very fact about his father. Alex is an undercover agent for MI6 (British Secret Service). In the last book of this series, a Russian agent, Yassen Gregorivich’s dying words to Alex were, “Find Scorpia….” Scorpia is an underground organization dedicated to “improving” the world by such extreme measures as murdering thousands of helpless schoolchildren. When Alex finds Scorpia, he discovers that his father had worked for them shortly before his death. Confused because of MI6’s involvement in this father’s death and the driven to find out more about it, he joined Scorpia. When he discovers a mission called “Invisible Sword” is designed to slaughter thousands of innocent children, Alex vows to stop it. Will he succeed or will the children be massacred? Scorpia is a fantabulous book because it is fast-paced and exciting, and it kept me engrossed and unable to put it down.

Scorpia is very fast-paced and exciting. Every chapter is filled with exciting events that leave the reader in anticipation of what’s to come. When Alex was BASE-jumping down to the Scorpia headquarters, he had only a 50% chance of surviving! I was frightened that he would be injured, or even worse, killed. The suspense was exhilarating. Later, after he gained access to the building, he wandered the halls surreptitiously in search of clues about their operation. He was almost caught several times!

This book kept me engrossed all the time that I was reading. Alex is a teenage spy about my age. He is similar to James Bond and the situations involving him, just many years younger. Alex always has the most interesting gadgets provided to him by Smithers, a spy gadget developer at MI6. I love spy books! Scorpia has the perfect mixture of suspense and adventure. When Alex goes to work at Scorpia, he seemed so loyal to Scorpia that I was afraid that he would not return to MI6. Another exciting time was when Nile put Alex into the waterway basement (like a sewer where various levels of water ran), and left him to die. Alex had to find his way out which seemed nearly impossible. He escaped by shimmying through the passage while it was filled with water. He did not know when he could breathe again.
Scorpia is very well written. I love Horowitz’s sophisticated word usage. His descriptions were colourful and vivid, and that really ignited my imagination. It made me want to read further. Everything was easy to understand without being remedial. I could tell that the writer felt passionate about his writing, and that translates well in suspenseful, action-packed scenes.

Scorpia is a fantabulous book because it is fast-paced and exciting, and it kept me engrossed and unable to put it down. I connected with this book because the hero is a teenager like me. He has many of the same feelings that I have, and he goes through events that other teenagers like I go through. The action is very similar to James Bond movies, which happens to be one of my favourite movie series. I am also considering working for the CIA after law school, so this book describes some of the things I would like to do someday. I think that I deserve at least a B because I could have started earlier and worked harder to include some quotes and more detail. I give this book four stars out of five, only because it was a little hard to understand at a few times. When Alex decided to continue what his father did, it always messed things up in the end, and from that, I learned that you should always do what’s right, even if it’s your own family telling you not to.
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Sep 27, 2010 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Over the summer, I read Scorpia, by Anthony Horowitz. This is the fifth book in the Alex Rider series. Alex rider is an teenage spy who works for the English government. In this book, he is trying to find out the truth about his father’s death, and who his father was affiliated with. He is quickly tied up in an international spy group named Scorpia. He cannot figure out if Scorpia is a good group or if they are terrorists trying to recruit him to assassinate people. He is lead to believe the in...more

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May 09, 2010 Landon Wilneff rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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For my “really good book”, I read Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz. This is the fifth book in the Alex Rider series which was alright to this point. Scorpia was the best book in the series by far that I have read. This book is very suspenseful and has more action than the other books. Also, the author uses many interesting settings in this book. It starts out in Venice, Italy. The next setting is in Naples, and Alex finally goes back to his hometown of London, England. There w...more

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Jun 01, 2009 Charlies rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. “Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find you destiny.” These are the words that Yassen Gregorovich said to Alex Rider at the end of the previous book, Eagle Strike. Alex believes that in Venice he will find out who his father truly was, so he goes there on vacation with his friend Tom. Alex slowly learns more and more about Scorpia. It turns out to be a criminal organization that stands for, “Sabotage, Corruption, Intelligence, and Assassination.” He also is told that his father worked for...more

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Apr 29, 2009 Jamil rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After reading several reviews I notice that at the beginning of the novel “Scorpia” by Anthony Horowitz, the reader does get glued to the book. I found myself continuously telling myself “five more minutes till I go to sleep.” But as the book progressed I was slowly convincing myself that the book was not up to my level and something that I could have been reading in grade 6.

Horowitz starts the book off really well. He immediately introduces the conflict in the novel. The antagonists are all i...more After reading several reviews I notice that at the beginning of the novel “Scorpia” by Anthony Horowitz, the reader does get glued to the book. I found myself continuously telling myself “five more minutes till I go to sleep.” But as the book progressed I was slowly convincing myself that the book was not up to my level and something that I could have been reading in grade 6.

Horowitz starts the book off really well. He immediately introduces the conflict in the novel. The antagonists are all in one room about to start a conference. Horowitz describes the meeting using a simile. “It was clear that the people who congregated in this place came from many different parts of the world, but they had one thing in common; a stillness, a coldness even that made the room as cheerful as a morgue. (2)” I found the use of this simile very affective as it placed a clear image in my mind of what is occurring. This is the only thing that I liked, being able to picture everything extremely well. But there was a time where I disliked the description.

While reading the novel I really thought I was able to predict what was going to occur next on a regular basis. For example when Alex was in Europe looking for SCORPIA, I just knew somehow the most unpredictable thing will happen and somehow Alex will find it. And sure enough it happened. “And that was when Alex saw it, a flash of silver as the sun reflected of something on the edge of his vision. He turned his head. There was nothing. A canal leading the other way. Another canal crossing it. A single motor cruiser sliding underneath a bridge. (29)” It happens too many times in one novel.
Another thing I despised is how Alex’s work seems way too easy and highly unlikely. His ability to continuously find himself in near death experiences and somehow figure a very un-probable way out is to familiar and reoccurring in the novel. I especially disliked the time where Alex was trapped in the room which floods and somehow gets through the crevasses of the floor and escapes. This was the time where I disliked the large amount of description. The reader knew Alex would get out of the situation, it was too early for him to be killed or something, yet it took like 10 pages for him to get out of it. Now I am not a lazy reader but I think the “suspense” of that scene was unnecessarily long.

Overall the book can be addicting but I really think that it is aimed at children rather than teens.
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Jan 11, 2013 Noah Molyneux rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Horowitz has written another captivating Alex Rider book. Anthony Horowitz has created a action packed story whose main character is a spy. The book follows many different settings in England and in Italy.
Alex Rider is a 14 year old orphan boy who lives with his uncle's maid, Jack Starbright. His parents died in a "plane crash" and his uncle was murdered by an assassin named Yassen Gregovich. That's when Alex met Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones. They work at a secret agency called MI6. Ever since th...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fourteen-year-old British agent Alex Rider is ostensibly on vacation in Italy but he’s really following a clue as to how his father died. When he learns the truth, he joins the criminal organization known as Scorpia. He knows they’re trained assassins, but he’s unaware of their terrifying plan to murder millions of London schoolchildren with a secret weapon. Bent on personal revenge, he returns to England with only one mission: kill the person who shot his father. It’s none other than his former...more

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Jan 25, 2012 Simon Yu rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: advisory-2012-2013

Alex Rider goes to Venice, after Yassen dies in Eagle Strike. He finds Scorpia to see how his father really died. His father used to be in Scorpia and Scorpia is an organization for ruling the world. They are M16's number one enemy and Scorpia did a lot of projects to destroy and kill people. The Scorpia has a new project, which is called the Invisible Sword and it kills thousands of 12-14 year old children. The whole book is mostly about Alex Rider being able to stop Scorpia from killing thous...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Strey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this as a Genre Challenge for the UKBC. Although it is aimed at younger readers, it holds up as a well crafted story in any age group. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

A fairly simple & comprehensible plot line, but with many other threads running through it. Alex isn't an imitation of Bond, though there is clearly a nod in that direction (and even has the odd 'aside' aimed at a certain wizard!); Alex has both the difficulties, but also the extra 'skills' (such as fitting through tight...more

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May 03, 2011 Adam Traugott rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Scorpia was a great, entertaining, and action pact book. On a scale from one to ten this book would be a ten. Scorpia is a book in my favorite book series, the Alex Rider series. My favorite caracter is always Alex because he is so brave and knows how to fight. The genre of this book is action and adventure. Anthony Horowitz is one of my altime favorite authors. I like how the author writes it as everyone is innocent but then there ends up to be a bad guy. The Alex rider series is so cool becaus...more

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Sep 29, 2010 Deborah Moulton rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is brought down by a cheap trick at the end, although it did improve over the last book with the exploration of Alex Rider's parents and story of origin. The cheap trick was done entirely to ensure the sequel. It was the kind of trick that Hollywood movies use a lot. They don't finish a satisfying story or chapter, they just add in a last scene to set you up for the sequel.

I can see how the marketers like it, but they shouldn't be in charge of the editorial process. Any reader (or mov...more

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Sep 27, 2010 Matthew rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is by far my favorite Alex Rider book and it is simply one of the best books out there. Alex is going to Venice on a class field trip and begins to separate from his class. His agency MI6 told him that Scorpia is working there and he needs to stop them. He goes to a party where Scorpia was working and he begins to look around. He enters this office where there is a Puma that looks real and it feals real but he thought it was stuffed. All of a sudden it starts moving and tries to attack...more

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Sep 01, 2008 Novin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horrowitz-adventure-horror

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Dec 15, 2010 PurplyCookie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure-novel, book-series, young-adult, spy-con-men

"Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny," Alex was told by a dying man at the end of the previous book, ”Eagle Strike”. SCORPIA is an acronym for "sabotage, corruption, intelligence, assassination." And so we find him; in Venice, with his friend Tom, looking for clues to his father's identity and death. Was he an agent of M16, the secret world organization that has used Alex before? Or was he a tool of Scorpia, the powerful international criminal agency that specializes in sa...more

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Feb 27, 2009 Butta rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

this book is really good but the ending is terrible!!! if you read the book you would know why the ending is bad

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Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England. He has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder...more

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“I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?"
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“The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed."
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