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by Anthony Horowitz · 2011

Book 9 of Alex Rider

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What it is about

Spies
Terrorism
Orphans

Where it happens

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Young Adult

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The Recruit
Robert Muchamore · Young adult

about 340 pages

Why: Both are spy books about orphans.
- Spy
- Orphans
What both books share
- spy
  Scorpia Rising: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "Spies - Fiction" (OL subject)
  The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
- orphans
  Scorpia Rising: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans - Fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
  The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Scorpia Rising; Open Library and Wikidata for The Recruit.
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About Anthony Horowitz

Born: Born in London, United Kingdom, in 1955. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026. The sources differ. Each value is shown with where it came from.Born in 1955; Wikidata lists Stanmore, United Kingdom, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Anthony Horowitz received the Macavity Award in 2018, for Magpie Murders. Source: Wikidata, citing mysteryreaders.org, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Anthony Horowitz was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. Source: Wikidata, citing rsliterature.org, checked November 6, 2026.

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