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Alex Rider · Book 5

Scorpia

by Anthony Horowitz
Published
1 April 2004
Pages
364
ISBN-13
9783473543656
Type
novel
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About this book

Scorpia is by Anthony Horowitz, the fifth novel in the Alex Rider series, published in April 2004. In the reading order it follows Eagle Strike and precedes Ark Angel.

Key facts about Scorpia

Scorpia is a novel by Anthony Horowitz. Readers have had it since 1 April 2004. It runs to 364 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Scorpia. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9783473543656 to find the main one.

Scorpia is book 5 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 is book 5 in the Alex Rider series. It follows Eagle Strike. It is followed by Ark Angel. 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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