An international contract killer has been given his orders. His next target is a fourteen-year-old spy ... Alex Rider. The man's name is Yassen Gregorovich. He knows Alex well. The two of them share a secret from the past. As he considers his next mission, Yassen remembers the forces that turned him from an ordinary schoolboy into a hired assassin. What is it that makes someone choose to do evil? The eagerly anticipated, deadly prequel to the number one bestselling Alex Rider series.

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific writers working in the UK, and is unique for working in so many areas juggling books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 50 books, including the bestselling Alex Rider teen spy series now running to 14 books which is estimated to have sold 21 million copies worldwide and has been filmed for TV, and the thrilling fantasy-adventure series, The Power of Five. Anthony is also an acclaimed writer for adults, and was commissioned to write new novels for the Sherlock Holmes and James Bond franchises. His adult crime fiction includes Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders and the Hawthorne series, and his TV work includes the award-winning Foyle's War , Midsomer Murders , Collision and Injustice . Anthony is proud to be a patron of the charity Home-Start in Suffolk. In 2022 he was awarded a CBE for services to literature. Klappentext FROM THE BESTSELLING MYSTERY-THRILLER AUTHOR, ANTHONY HOROWITZ, READ THE DEADLY PREQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL YOUNG SPY SERIES THAT'S NOW A GLOBAL SENSATION. Contract killer Yassen Gregorovich is given orders to kill Alex. But Yassen knows a secret from the past that connects him to the fourteen-year-old spy. What is it that makes one of them choose to do evil, and what does it take to turn him into a killer? Alex Rider is now an Amazon Prime series! Now you've entered the world of Alex Rider, there's much more to explore . . . Stormbreaker (also a graphic novel) Point Blanc (also a graphic novel) Skeleton Key (also a graphic novel) Eagle Strike (also a graphic novel) Scorpia (also a graphic novel) Ark Angel (also a graphic novel) Snakehead (also a graphic novel) Crocodile Tears Scorpia Rising Russian Roulette Never Say Die Secret Weapon Nightshade Nightshade Revenge Zusammenfassung The eagerly anticipated, deadly prequel to the number one bestselling Alex Rider series....

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FROM THE BESTSELLING MYSTERY-THRILLER AUTHOR, ANTHONY HOROWITZ, READ THE DEADLY PREQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL YOUNG SPY SERIES THAT'S NOW A GLOBAL SENSATION.

Contract killer Yassen Gregorovich is given orders to kill Alex. But Yassen knows a secret from the past that connects him to the fourteen-year-old spy. What is it that makes one of them choose to do evil, and what does it take to turn him into a killer?

Alex Rider is now an Amazon Prime series!

Now you've entered the world of Alex Rider, there's much more to explore . . .

Stormbreaker (also a graphic novel)
Point Blanc (also a graphic novel)
Skeleton Key (also a graphic novel)
Eagle Strike (also a graphic novel)
Scorpia (also a graphic novel)
Ark Angel (also a graphic novel)
Snakehead (also a graphic novel)
Crocodile Tears
Scorpia Rising
Russian Roulette
Never Say Die
Secret Weapon
Nightshade
Nightshade Revenge

Zusammenfassung
The eagerly anticipated, deadly prequel to the number one bestselling Alex Rider series.

In the prequel to the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, contract killer YassenGregorovich is given orders to kill Alex. But Yassen knows a secret from the past that connects him to the fourteen-year-old spy. What is it that makes one of them choose to do evil, and what does it take to turn him into a killer?