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Nightshade Revenge

A thrilling new challenge for the teenage superspy

Anthony Horowitz author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Walker Books Ltd

Published:4th Jul '24

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In this thrilling installment, Alex Rider faces a dangerous mission with the sinister cult Nightshade, uncovering dark secrets and battling augmented reality challenges.

In Nightshade Revenge, the world’s most popular teenage spy, Alex Rider, embarks on a perilous new mission when his best friend Tom is kidnapped. The sinister cult known as Nightshade has a dark agenda, and Alex finds himself under immense pressure to uncover their plans. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he realizes that the stakes are higher than ever, and the threat is intertwined with a revolutionary gaming system that could change everything. Trust becomes a rare commodity as he navigates a treacherous landscape where danger lurks at every turn.

The narrative thrusts Alex into a nightmarish reality where the line between the virtual and the real blurs, and survival hinges on his ability to adapt. The plot thickens as Alex confronts the brainwashed children of Nightshade, who are being manipulated for nefarious purposes. With his mission tied to the enigmatic MI6 chief Mrs. Jones and her long-lost son, Alex must race against time to thwart Nightshade's plans before it's too late. The immersive world of augmented reality poses challenges that even a seasoned spy like Alex has never faced.

Nightshade Revenge is a gripping continuation of the Alex Rider saga, combining thrilling action with thought-provoking themes about technology and trust. As the clock ticks down, readers will be on the edge of their seats, eager to see how Alex will outsmart his adversaries and emerge victorious in this high-stakes game of life and death.

The Alex Rider books are irresistibly moreish … As always, the form is satisfyingly ingenious and twisty, with a series of impossible scenarios from which Alex has to escape by the inventive use of machinery, gadgets and everyday objects. This story — and they just get cleverer — makes use of virtual reality, plays with the hero and the reader about who is to be trusted, and has a perilous Hunger Games-like finale. It will be voraciously consumed. -- Nicolette Jones * Sunday times *
Alex's latest mission is as daring and exciting as ever, right up to its action-packed conclusion. * The Week Junior *
Ingenious and twisty, this makes use of virtual reality and doubts about who to trust. Clever and compulsive as always. * Children’s books of the year 2023, The Sunday Times *
In keeping with the on-the-pulse themes covered in this ground-breaking series some 20 years ago, Nightshade Revenge tackles contemporary technological innovations around AI and VR gaming to present young readers with a page-turning story that’s both of the moment and an all-out adventure classic. * LoveReading4Kids *
A fun return to a high octane spy thriller with some seriously fast paced writing. 5 out of 5 stars. * NetGalley Reviewer *

ISBN: 9781529517712

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 18mm

Weight: 215g

320 pages