BookSeries· 2000· Thriller

Alex Rider

by Anthony Horowitz

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James Bond

Book · 1953

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Horowitz has openly described Alex Rider as being influenced by James Bond, while also deliberately adapting the formula for a younger audience. Horowitz took recognizable conventions of the Bond/spy-thriller tradition and reworked them:

  • Teenage protagonist instead of adult professional spy
  • Gadgets and technology
  • Exotic international locations
  • Elaborate villains and secret organizations
  • Infiltration and espionage missions
  • Action-oriented set pieces
  • The fantasy of the highly capable secret agent
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Alex Rider

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They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood.

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