Description

The world’s bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission.
When his best friend Tom is abducted, Alex Rider is given an ultimatum by Nightshade – a sinister cult of assassins with a score to settle. But what twisted evil are they planning, and how is it connected to a revolutionary new gaming system?
With no idea who to trust, Alex finds himself dragged into a nightmare world – where nothing is real but the game could kill you.
The clock is ticking and Nightshade is closing in…

This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex’s fight against the deadly assassins encountered in the last book, Nightshade. Alex still has unfinished business with this sinister group made up of brainwashed children, not least trying to reunite MI6 chief Mrs Jones with her long-lost son. The adventure takes us deep into the life-changing world of augmented reality, where even Alex will struggle to succeed against the technology. A thrilling new challenge for the world’s best-loved teen superspy.

Praise for Nightshade:
“Pacy and ingenious.” The Sunday Times
“Anthony Horowitz is on cracking form here: the plot is gripping, the characters – both familiar and new – are fully fleshed, and it sparkles with his characteristic wit. We could do with Alex Rider now…” Daily Mail

Publisher Review

The Alex Rider books are irresistibly moreish … As always, the form is satisfyingly ingenious and twisty, with a series of impossible scenarios from which Alex has to escape by the inventive use of machinery, gadgets and everyday objects. This story – and they just get cleverer – makes use of virtual reality, plays with the hero and the reader about who is to be trusted, and has a perilous Hunger Games-like finale. It will be voraciously consumed. — Nicolette Jones * Sunday times * Alex’s latest mission is as daring and exciting as ever, right up to its action-packed conclusion. * The Week Junior * Ingenious and twisty, this makes use of virtual reality and doubts about who to trust. Clever and compulsive as always. * Children’s books of the year 2023, The Sunday Times * In keeping with the on-the-pulse themes covered in this ground-breaking series some 20 years ago, Nightshade Revenge tackles contemporary technological innovations around AI and VR gaming to present young readers with a page-turning story that’s both of the moment and an all-out adventure classic. * LoveReading4Kids * A fun return to a high octane spy thriller with some seriously fast paced writing. 5 out of 5 stars. * NetGalley Reviewer *