Customer Reviews
Amazing 
2008-05-24
A great adventure. I can not stop reading it. I love the other alex rider books also i have all of them.
scorpia 
2008-04-30
Scorpia
By: Anthony Horowitz
For 14-year-old spy Alex Rider, everything changes when he finds out about his father's involvement in Scorpia, a highly wanted criminal organization. Caught up between M16 and Scorpia, he doesn't know which side he should take. To make matters even worse he learns from Scorpia about some of the horrible things his father has done. Not knowing if Scorpia is telling the truth, Alex joins Scorpia. This time when trouble strikes, he will be alone, without M16 and their fancy gadgets.
With so many exciting turning points and cliffhangers this was my favorite book in The Alex Rider Adventures. Scorpia is filled with action, fighting and adventure. I couldn't put this book down because there were stunning moments everywhere in the book.
Although it takes a few chapters until this book gets really exciting and to the point, it's well worth the wait. This is one of those books you could just read all day. I recommend this book to any teen that likes fighting, action, and adventure.
If you like the Cherub series, you'll like Scorpia. This book will have you wanting to read all the other Alex Rider books.
By: David S.
scorpia reveiw 2008-04-28
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz.
Alex Rider is devastated when he learns that his dad did not die in a plane crash and his uncle was murdered in a secret agent mission. He has to find the truth about his family. He has the opportunity to go to Venice with Tom his best friend he jumps at it. In Venice he finds Scorpia and Miss Rothman who is one of the leaders of Scorpia. Miss Rothman has a plan called Invisible Sword that will kill many people. Alex betrays MI6, which he risked his life for 3 times before, and joins Scorpia as a contract killer. Alex must find out more about his father and about someone's past that might change his life forever.
I loved this book because it had a suspenseful, dramatic ending that made me think that the last page was missing. Scorpia is a great book about betrayal with complex plot and realistic dialog. I felt like I was right next to Alex in every scene. My favorite part was when Alex was going to drown under Venice's sewers to get away from Nile and Miss Rothmen. I would recommend this book to anyone that would like a powerful suspenseful storyline with a heart-racing ending.
By Sonny P
Scorpia Review 
2008-03-30
I have read all of the Alex Rider books up to this one and think that this was one of the best. The author has an amazing way with coming up with interesting villains and diabolical (if not sometimes ridiculous)plots for them to put to the test. This was the first book in the series that I thought had some genuinely suspenseful moments (namely the landing of the plane with the sports team). It also had quite a few multidimensional characters. However, there were a few negative aspects to this book. These include the fact that villians have something seriously against just shooting Alex and being done with it(with the exception of the sniper of course)and the second to last chapter. I mean was it really necessary to make *SPOILERS AHEAD* John Rider such a good guy? And if so, I find it very unrealistic that Mrs. Jones persisted in lying to Alex and making him believe that his father worked for Scorpia!
Even so, this was a well written book with a good plot and in my opinion, is worth 4 (or 4.5) stars out of 5.
Very Excelent 2008-02-22
Scorpia is a very creative book and Anthony Horowitz did a wonderful job writing it! It was an amazing book becasue of the great details on the characters, the suspense, and the different happenings in every chapter. I give this a book a 5 star rating and this book is in the action genre. I think the best age group for this book is about 10 to 17. Alex Rider, the thirteen year old spy, is thrown when hearing that his father was an assassin and worked for Scorpia with Yassen Gregorovich, but was what Yassen told him the real truth?
this is such a boring book 2008-01-29
Alex Rider, the spitting image of his father in so many ways, is about to find out just how closely he is his father's son. When Alex learns that his father was an assassin for Scorpia, the most powerful terrorist organization going, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex wages a war of conscience he no longer has the will to win. Until, that is, he learns of Scorpia's latest plot: an operation known only as "Invisible Sword" that will result in the death of thousands of people. Unless he can stop it first . . . .
With a cliffhanger you'll want to read twice,
Scorpia is the most intense thriller yet from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.
Scorpia 2007-06-13
Scorpia Scholastic Inc., 2004,p.p.312, $5.99
Anthony Horowitz ISBN:0-439-87922-1
Scorpia is about a teenage boy whose parents are killed in a plane crash. Alex then turns into an orphan owned by MI6.
Since Alex's dad worked for MI6, and was against a large criminal organization called Scorpia, Alex gets caught between the two.
Scorpia captures Alex and secretly plans to kill him and thousands of other children after Alex kills the boss of MI6. Scorpia names this plan The Invisible Sword.
They only do this for money from the government. This book was adventurous and interesting.
An exciting part was when Alex escapes from a chamber that fills with water killing any victim contained.
I would recommend this book to advanced readers. My opinion of this book is that it's exciting and thrilling. Some things to expect from this book are dangerous acts committed by Alex Rider.
Read this book to find out if Alex stops this madness.
Great Book Overall 2007-06-07
I thought that this was a very great book. Anthony Horowitz used great plot twists to really bring out a sense of adventure in the book. Also, the charqctes were really realistic, with great description. The clifhangger ending could have been improved, but overall it was very good. The Alex Rider character was like a normal boy, just as he would seem in real life. This was a very good book. I wuld recomend it for ages 10-16.
Its What for Diner Tonight 2007-05-26
Alex is boy the age of 14, but he is not an ordinary boy. He has done many missions for MI6. MI6 is a secret organization that protects the U.K. After the death of Yassen Gregorovich he followed his last words, "Go to Venice. Find Scorpia and find you destiny." Alex doesn't know anything about them only that when he finds them he will find his destiny. When he finds the he is put into there group and sent on a mission to kill the one who killed his father. His former boss. After this happens he must save the world from something he doesn't know anything about.
Scorpia was written by Anthony Horowitz. I liked the pace of the book. It didn't drag on. It was full of action and thrill. I personally would have wanted him to stay on the dark side longer, maybe for a book then switch back.
pce student review 2007-04-27
I like the book Scorpia because it has action and sadness. I think Alex is really cool because he does all the action, is a spy, and does all the stunts so I think he is my favorite character. I think this book should be for people ten and up because it has a little violence. My favorite part is when Alex gets chased by Scorpia agents and jumps on the prarie. This book is about Alex wanting to find out about his father because he doesn't know if he's good or bad. But while doing that he has to stop agents for a group called Scorpia that does bad stuff to people. But I'm not going to spoil anything else because you might want to read it. Well that's pretty much it.
