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Alex Rider · Book 10

Russian Roulette

by Anthony Horowitz
Published
12 September 2013
Pages
384
ISBN-13
9781406364934
Type
novel
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About this book

Russian Roulette is the tenth book in Alex Rider, by Anthony Horowitz, published in September 2013. It sits between Scorpia Rising and Never Say Die in the reading order. Although published after nine earlier entries, it's a prequel telling assassin Yassen Gregorovich's backstory and is set chronologically before Stormbreaker.

Key facts about Russian Roulette

Anthony Horowitz wrote Russian Roulette, a novel on our list. It has been out since 12 September 2013. The book has 384 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781406364934 to find the main one.

Russian Roulette is book 10 of 14 in the Alex Rider series. The series has 14 published books. However, the series starts with Stormbreaker (2000). Nightshade Revenge is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 January 2024.

Additionally, Anthony Horowitz writes The Diamond Brothers, Groosham Grange and The Power of Five, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our mystery, middle-grade fantasy and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, A Deadly Episode is the latest published Anthony Horowitz book on file, from 23 April 2026.

About Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz is a British author and screenwriter known for an unusually wide range spanning children's spy fiction, literary crime pastiche, and prestige television. See every Anthony Horowitz book in order.

Its place in Alex Rider

Russian Roulette is book 10 in the Alex Rider series. It follows Scorpia Rising. It is followed by Never Say Die. See the full Alex Rider reading order.

Fourteen-year-old Alex Rider's uncle Ian raised him alone and, Alex discovers after Ian's sudden death, secretly worked for MI6 -- and the agency wants Alex, trained without his knowledge his entire childhood, to finish his uncle's last mission. From Stormbreaker onward, Alex is repeatedly blackmailed and coerced into deniable teenage espionage: infiltrating a billionaire's private school, a cloning facility, a Caribbean crime syndicate, and increasingly personal confrontations with the organization SCORPIA, all…

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