Alex Rider #10 : Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette (Alex Rider Series) by Anthony Horowitz

Paperback
Pages: 350
Date of Release: 2013

Alex Rider was the end of the story.
Yassen Gregorovich was the beginning.

Before Alex Rider became the world’s most dangerous teenage spy, there was Yassen Gregorovich—the assassin who pulled the trigger that changed Alex’s life forever.

When Ian Rider is killed, Alex is forced into a ruthless world of international espionage. But years earlier, it was Alex’s own father who trained Yassen, shaping him into the cold, calculating killer he would become. In Russian Roulette, Anthony Horowitz turns the spotlight on Yassen, tracing his journey from a desperate boy to one of the deadliest assassins alive.

This gripping prequel explores haunting questions: What drives someone to choose evil? How do two boys, shaped by the same man, end up on opposite sides of the moral divide? As Alex Rider and Yassen Gregorovich mirror each other’s lives, their choices lead them down radically different paths—toward heroism on one side and darkness on the other.

Dark, emotional, and intensely suspenseful, Russian Roulette adds powerful depth to the Alex Rider universe and is a must-read for fans of spy thrillers, action-packed adventures, and morally complex storytelling.

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