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Violence
A lot
Assassin's training and professional work; violence that is the character's identity
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; Russian mob culture and its substances
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; the making of an assassin through tragedy and training; what becomes of a boy whose family is destroyed; how Yassen rationalizes his work against what he knows about morality
What this book is about
An Alex Rider companion novel told from Yassen Gregorovich's perspective: how a boy from rural Russia became SCORPIA's most effective assassin, and how his path crossed with the Rider family. Horowitz takes his series' best secondary character and gives him a tragedy — this is the most literary writing in the Alex Rider world.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Professional assassin's perspective on violence
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