Alex Rider · Book 9

Scorpia Rising

Published
31 March 2009
Pages
417
ISBN-13
9780545454117
Type
novel
Cover of Scorpia Rising

About this book

Scorpia Rising is the Alex Rider series' ninth entry, a novel by Anthony Horowitz, published in March 2009, at 417 pages. In the reading order it follows Crocodile Tears and precedes Russian Roulette.

Key facts about Scorpia Rising

Scorpia Rising is a novel by Anthony Horowitz. Readers have had it since 31 March 2009. It runs to 417 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Scorpia Rising. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780545454117 to find the main one.

Scorpia Rising is book 9 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

Scorpia Rising is book 9 in the Alex Rider series. It follows Crocodile Tears. It is followed by Russian Roulette. 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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