For existing fans of the series, this graphic novel will be a must-have for those yet to discover 'Stormbreaker, ' this will be the perfect introduction. Now is your chance to see this book visualized in a brand-new format, with bold, edgy, manga-like illustrations that bring Alex Rider to life in a way not seen before. The Alex Rider adventures are now bestsellers the world over, and the book that started it all, 'Stormbreaker, ' is soon to be a major motion picture. Kanako Damerum Yuzuru Takasaki (illustrator). 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback.

Jesse KarpĬopyright © American Library Association. Readers who already like Alex Rider will want this even adventure lovers unfamiliar with the books will find it difficult to resist the hyperkinetic fun, although they may feel they have sold a bit of their souls to get it. The female art team casts the action in exciting manga style, and the digital colors produce an anime-like sense of depth and motion. Alex remains an appealing hero here, and the idea of a heroic teen up against insidious adults continues to be an extremely powerful draw for readers. If it's possible, this is even more rapidly paced than the novel. No, this graphic novel springs from the screenplay for the recent movie, which is based on the novel-which, itself, is a clever compilation of James Bond movies. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Īn ode to rampant commercialism, this is not exactly based on Anthony Horowitz's thrill-a-second novel about 14-year-old Alex Rider, who discovers that his deceased uncle was a superspy and that Alex himself must face an evil businessman and his multitude of gruesome killers. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission.

But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. They told him his uncle died in an accident. For existing fans of the series, this graphic novel will be a must-have for those yet to discover Stormbreaker, this will be the perfect introduction. The first in the # 1 New York Times bestselling Alex Rider series, Stormbreaker, in a brand-new format, with bold, edgy, manga-like illustrations that bring Alex Rider to life in a way not seen before. The mission that started it all-now in a graphic novel format!

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