Stormbreaker

Stormbreaker is a young adult action-adventure book written by British author Anthony Horowitz and is the first novel in the Alex Rider series. The book was released in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2000, and in the United States on 21 May 2001, where it became a New York Times Bestseller. Since its release, the book has sold more than nine million copies worldwide, been listed on the BBC's The Big Read, and in 2005 received a California Young Reader Medal. A film adaptation, starring Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider, was released in 2006, which underperformed at the box office and earned an indifferent reception.