Scorpia Rising

Anthony Horowitz

apr. 2011 · RB Media · Oplæst af Simon Prebble

Om denne lydbog

In his time as a British spy, Alex Rider has taken on countless enemies. While he’s never come away unscathed, he’s always completed his missions. But there is one enemy that just won’t stay down, the terrorist organization that murdered his parents and forever changed Alex’s life: Scorpia.

Back and more powerful than ever, Scorpia has its sights set on the turbulent Middle East, and Alex must risk his life in one of the most volatile regions in the world. His mission? Put Scorpia out of business.

Permanently.

But this may be the one mission Alex won’t be coming home from. You’ve been hoping this day would never come, but you won’t be able to tear yourself away from the final chapter in this international #1 bestselling series.

Om forfatteren

Author and television scriptwriter Anthony Horowitz was born in Stanmore, England on April 5, 1956. At the age of eight, he was sent to a boarding school in London. He graduated from the University of York and published his first book, Enter Frederick K. Bower (1979), when he was 23. He writes mostly children's books, including the Alex Rider series, The Power of Five series, and the Diamond Brothers series. The Alex Rider series is about a 14-year-old boy becoming a spy and was made into a movie entitled Stormbreaker. He has won numerous awards including the 1989 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award for Groosham Grange and the 2003 Red House Children's Book Award for Skeleton Key. He also writes novels for adults including The Killing Joke and The Magpie Murders. He has created Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders for television as well as written episodes for Poirot and Murder Most Horrid. He made The New York Times Best Seller list with his titles The House of Silk Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin and Moriarity.Most recently he was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. Anthony was awarded an OBE for his services to literature in January 2014.