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Book by Anthony Horowitz

This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Stormbreaker (disambiguation).

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] Since its release, the book has sold more than nine million copies worldwide,^[2] been listed on the BBC's The Big Read, and in 2005 received a California Young Reader Medal.^[3][4]

A film adaptation, starring Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider, was released in 2006, which underperformed at the box office and earned lukewarm reception.

Plot summary

The protagonist, Alex Rider, after the suspicious death of his uncle, secretly becomes a teenage spy for MI6. He is sent undercover to Port Tallen, Cornwall. There he discov