Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin (Alex Rider)

Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin (Alex Rider)

By Anthony Horowitz

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Book 10 of 10 in the  Alex Rider Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 6 - 8Grades 3 - 6n/a5.497777
The final book in the #1 bestselling Alex Rider series with over 6 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!

Alex Rider’s life changed forever with the silent pull of a trigger.
 
When Ian Rider died at the hands of the assassin Yassen Gregorovich, Alex, ready or not, was thrust into the world of international espionage—the world’s only teenage spy. Alex vowed revenge against Yassen and the two have battled ever since. Yet, years ago, it was none other than Alex’s own father who trained and mentored Yassen, turning him into the killer he would eventually become.

What makes us choose evil? Why did one boy choose to kill while another chose to risk his life to save others? In some ways, Alex Rider and Yassen Gregorovich are mirror images of each other. Yet the paths they traveled turned them into mortal enemies.

This is Yassen’s story. A journey down a darkened path.

International #1 bestseller Anthony Horowitz delivers a blockbuster thrill ride in this, his final Alex Rider novel. Perfect for young fans of James Bond.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9780147512314
ISBN-10: 014751231X
Published on 11/18/2014
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 432

Book Reviews (10)

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Loved it!
langston_p langston_p

I thought this book was really good and I was very amazed how Anthony Horowitz still managed to make it good even though it was in a completely different perspective. I also thought that it was cool how Yassen was the hero and once actually had emotion. What happens is that his hometown, Estrov gets destroyed. He escapes to Moscow where he begins a life of crime with some new friends but quickly came to an end when he got kidnapped by a man named Vladimir Sharkovsky. He managed to escape and found Scorpia and Julia Rothman and gets trained in Malagasto. I thought that Anthony developed Yassen super well and we got to learn a lot about him. It makes me like Yassen more than before because I use to dislike him. It made me appreciate him and it also made me realize why he became such an emotionless killer. I felt that he is a good man inside or at least he was once a good man. But this was an action packed awesome novel that I loved and finished very quickly.
dasan dasan

i love this book yasha gregorvich is like exactly like alex
jellyfishh jellyfishh

Very good I think that they should make more of alex rider. That would be awesome very very good book Super Spring Out
kangj kangj

I read this final book of the Alex Rider series (which, interestingly enough, has a story-line that happened before the events of the first book) because I was already interested in the Alex Rider spy/action series. This book provides a very exciting and suspenseful origin story of the assassin that changed Alex Rider's life forever, told from his own perspective. Some of the things we never knew about Yasha (alias Yassen) Gregorovich are revealed. Younger readers should not read this because of some violent content such as murder.
jade13 jade13

I have not read the newest edition to this amazing heart stopping series that recommend to ever book worm out there! however I just now found out about it so...THANK YOU DOGONEWS!
Spy 13 Spy 13

Alex Rider is THE BEST series ever to be made I have read all the other books dying to read this one toatally recommend this one
nic17 nic17

I cannot wait until this book comes out. I bet it will be amazing.