The Ace: Alex's father, John Rider falls into this territory, although he's also a Posthumous Character.A second attempt at adapting the show for the screen came in the form of a Show of the Books, Alex Rider, which launched in June 2020 with a first series principally adapting Point Blanc a second series has been commissioned that adapts Eagle Strike. Stormbreaker was adapted as a movie in 2006, and despite much mass marketing and merchandise with beliefs that the film would kickstart a franchise, it failed to make its budget back and got unfavourable critical reception. The books are also being adapted as a series of graphic novels (that reached Ark Angel in 2020) that form a different canon to the books. There are also two supplementary materials, Alex Rider: The Gadgets (featuring blueprints of the gadgets Alex uses), and Alex Rider: Mission Files, featuring assorted in-universe correspondence, diagrams, blueprints and miscellany from the first seven books and a World Book Day book to mark the 20th anniversary, Undercover: The Classified Files, released in 2020. "Metal Head" (2020) (Story for World Book Day featuring Yassen Gregorovich, included as part of Alex Rider Undercover: The Classified Files)."The Man With the Wrong Shoes" (2020) (Story for World Book Day, included as part of Alex Rider Undercover: The Classified Files)."The White Carnation" (2013) (tie-in to Russian Roulette, later republished in Alex Rider Undercover: The Classified Files)."Coda" (bonus chapter in the paperback edition of Snakehead, later republished in Alex Rider Undercover: The Classified Files as "Double Agent")."Alex Underground" (2008) (post- Ark Angel).Revised and expanded version published in Secret Weapon) "Secret Weapon" (2003) (post- Skeleton Key.Revised version published in Secret Weapon as "High Tension") "Incident in Nice" note Also known as "Quite a Ride" (2009) (post- Point Blanc, summer.Revised and expanded version published in Secret Weapon as "The Man with Eleven Fingers") "A Taste of Death" note Also known as "London Down" (2012) (post- Point Blanc, spring."Resistance to Interrogation" (bonus chapter in some editions of Stormbreaker and the paperback edition of Never Say Die)."Christmas at Gunpoint" (2007) (pre-series included in some editions of Stormbreaker, Alex Rider: Mission Files, and Secret Weapon).There are also several short stories and extra chapters (many of which were rewritten for inclusion in Secret Weapon): Another novel, Nightshade, was released the following year, with at least one more book in the series to come (tentatively pencilled in for 2023). He decided to revive the series with Never Say Die the short story collection was published in 2019 as Secret Weapon. Features revised versions of "Secret Weapon" (originally published in the Sunday Times in 2003), "High Tension" (originally published as "Incident in Nice" in the Times in 2009) and "The Man with Eleven Fingers" (originally published as "A Taste of Death" for World Book Day in 2012), "Christmas at Gunpoint" (originally published in the Daily Mail in 2007), plus three new stories: "Alex in Afghanistan", "Tea with Smithers" and "Spy Trap" (2019)Īlthough Scorpia Rising was long intended to be the series' Grand Finale, Horowitz had a change of heart whilst working on a book of short stories set in Alex's universe. Secret Weapon note A collection of short stories. Never Say Die note Retitled as Steel Claw in some countries (2017).Subsequent reprints have identified it as the tenth book in the series and have the Alex Rider logo.
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