cover image Scorpia: An Alex Rider Adventure

Scorpia: An Alex Rider Adventure

Anthony Horowitz. Philomel Books, $17.99 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-399-24151-2

The fifth entry in the Alex Rider Adventure series by Anthony Horowitz, Scorpia follows 14-year-old Alex to Italy, after he learns that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, and the teen gets swept up in a murderous scheme of his own. .