| | |  | Terrorism | Home » » Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider) | | | | | | | Description: | | Scorpia has dogged Alex Rider for most of his life. They killed his parents, they did their best to con Alex into turning traitor, and they just keep coming back with more power. Now the world's most dangerous terrorist organization is playing with fire in the world's most combustible land: the Middle East. No one knows Scorpia like Alex. And no one knows how best to get to Alex like Scorpia. Until now. The chases have never been more intense, the fights more treacherous, or the risks so perilous to mankind. And this time, Alex won't get away.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Anthony Horowitz | | Hardcover:
| 402 pages | | Publisher:
| Philomel | | Publication Date:
| March 22, 2011 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0399250573 | | Product Length:
| 8.59 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.87 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.33 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.14 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 The End: Alex Rider StyleMar 31, 2011
By Megan B.
Alex Rider was out of the spy business. Well, he thought he was until MI6 sucked him back into the world of death and espionage. Everything he cared about was at risk, his friends, Jack Starbright, his chance at ever being a normal teenager. But what MI6 want, they generally get so Alex is off to Cairo, Egypt- but this time he's not alone, Jack Starbright is coming with him.
The final installment in the Alex Rider series, I think, has the most emotional impact and the most serious voice than the others. Anthony Horowitz still manages to create a nail-biting atmosphere. While reading the book I constantly found myself almost at the edge of my seat, reading as fast as I could to figure out what would happen next. He really is a master at his craft; blending realism and fiction together in a way that flows and makes sense. I hope he writes more young adult books in the future as they are almost guaranteed to be great.
The ending. Oh the ending. So bittersweet and unexpected. Horowitz doesn't end his series as most would: in a word, happy. I have to admit that I was disappointed at the ending, although it was probably very realistic. But admittedly it is an ending that will stick in the minds of the reader for a while and as an author that's something to hope for. The only thing I have to say bugged me about Scorpia Rising is that the dialogue between Jack and Alex seemed almost stilted and awkward, and I'm pretty sure Horowitz didn't do that on purpose.
Overall, throughout nine books, nine different missions, numerous life and death circumstances, a plethora of cool gadgets, and many bad guys, I have been engrossed by the life of Alex Rider. Every book was great and although this book wasn't as fantastic as the others it is still as entertaining and as thrilling as the books that came before.
I salute you Mr. Horowitz.
13 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Wow (spoiler free)Mar 22, 2011
By Tar Heel
Wow. That's definitely my first thought after reading this book. Of course it comes with a little bit sadness because it is the book in the series, but it was certainly an exciting finish. That being said there were some things that I didnt like as much in this book. The plot isnt anything new. Alex is forced by MI6 to go undercover, because there is of course a mission that would only work with a child. How on earth did MI6 work without Alex for so long? Anyways Alex is forced to go to Egypt to investigate something in a school, because MI6 found the body of a high ranking member of Scorpia floating in the Thames, and they find a clue on the man's phone that tells them they need to send someone to Cairo. I won't go any farther because I want to avoid spoilers, but it's pretty much more of the same, as I said before.
What I liked:
Fast paced storyline
Surprising plot twists
Major character dies
Return of a villain from one of the first 3 books
What I didn't like as much:
Unoriginal plot
Alex was...dumb at times
Despite it's faults, Scorpia Rising was very exciting, and i will certainly reread it at some point in the future, and I'm looking forward to Horowitz's book about Yassen. Thanks!
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Really DepressingApr 10, 2011
By Joni Campbell
***No spoils inside, so do not worry***
Okay, so I have been looking forward to reading this book for a while now. I consider myself to be a true alex rider fan; I get so involved to the point of me crying and swearing on occasion. Over the course of the series Anthony H. really helps us connect with alex, having us feel his pain and all. I just finished this book and have got to say that I am really pissed off. I had really come to care about alex and to have the book play out the way it did was aweful for me. I hated what Anthony turned alex into and what he did to him. I know this is just and book and their isn't really a teenage spy named alex rider out their, but I know if you are a true fan like me that you really care about the characters in a book. I do not want to give anything away so I cannot say anything else. Do not let this review make you not want to read the book though, you have to read it and push through to the end and suffer just like I did. Read it, but if you want a happy ending, stay away because this book will only want to make you say some pretty bad words and cry. :(
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
End of my fav.Mar 13, 2012
By Michael
Alex Rider scorpia rising is last of the books to alex rider. Spoiler alert there will be a prequile to the alex rider books call yasan. 4 info about that book go to the website alex rider.com. Now back to the book at hand. It is alex riders last mision with mi6 saddly. You need to buy this books to know how it all ends this is the best of the books.
10 of 15 found the following review helpful:
It was absolutely epic, but......Mar 24, 2011
By Arya Svit-Kona
"Arya"
**SPOILER WARNING~ENTER AT OWN RISK**
This book was absolutely epic, one of the best ones in the series! People say it was unoriginal, I disagree. It was different than the others because the mission was a fake and that made a good change. The only truly unoriginal part of it was the beginning. I have read that same beginning in countless fanfics and even written it myself. Jack's death was predictable. I've been waiting for her to die for quite a few books. She lived way too long. Smithers' secret was an absolute shock! I never guessed it until about a page before it happened! And Blunt......well, that just confirmed how evil he was!
I found one problem with the book though. Horowitz said in an interview that Alex's fate would be worse than death and he said in his blog that we would know, when we reached the end, that it would be the last Alex Rider book ever. But what happened to Alex wasn't really worse than death. Remember how Mr. Pleasure said Alex was healing? That doesn't signify worse than death. And us knowing it was the last Alex Rider book ever? I could see it going on. I could see the CIA knocking on his door and asking him to go on a mission. If Horowitz wanted to ensure Alex could never spy again, Alex should have gone insane or gotten brain damage or something that would make it so he couldn't function in society and certainly could not spy anymore. All of those are worse than death in my eyes.
Truth be told, it was kind of disappointing. I spent the last couple of months guessing what would happen to him in the end, what would happen that would be worse than death and how it would be impossible for him to spy again. I spent the day it came out literally screaming I needed that book and waiting for my dad to get home with the mail. I read it in about 3 hours, desperate to get to the end. And I was disappointed. All that waiting, all that guessing, all that worrying, and it just wasn't as good as it should have been. I expected something more. Something bigger. I actually dreamed about a week before Scorpia Rising came out that I read the book and the ending was disappointing. I told myself that could never happen and look what happened! The ending was just as disappointing as it was in my dream.
So yer, epic book, but the end was sort of a disappointment. Read it anyway though! No really, do NOT let this review discourage you! The rest of the book was absolutely epic!
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