Raven's Gate

wizard.”
Daily Mirror
    “Explosive, thrilling, action-packed - meet Alex Rider.”
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    “The perfect hero … genuine 21st century stuff.”
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    www.alexrider.com

The Alex Rider series:
Stormbreaker
Point Blanc
Skeleton Key
Eagle Strike
Scorpia
Ark Angel
Snakehead
Crocodile Tears
Scorpia Rising (coming soon)
    The Power of Five (Book One):
Raven’s Gate

The Power of Five (Book Two):
Evil Star

The Power of Five (Book Three):
Nightrise

The Power of Five (Book Four):
Necropolis
    The Devil and His Boy
Granny
Groosham Grange
Return to Groosham Grange
The Switch
More Bloody Horowitz (coming soon)
    The Diamond Brothers books:
The Falcon’s Malteser
Public Enemy Number Two
South By South East
The French Confection
I Know What You Did Last Wednesday
The Blurred Man
The Greek Who Stole Christmas

ANTHONY HOROWITZ is one of the most popular children’s writers working today. Both The Power of Five and Alex Rider are No.1 bestselling series and have been enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide. Anthony is particularly excited by Necropolis, which he sees as a major step in a new direction. For a start, it’s his first book with a full-blooded female at the heart of the action. It also develops the themes that began with Raven’s Gate and sets up the epic finale which he plans to begin soon. Anthony was married in Hong Kong and went back there to research the book. Everything you read is inspired by what he saw.
    The hugely successful Alex Rider series, which has spurred a trend of junior spy books, has achieved great critical acclaim and Anthony has won numerous awards including the Booksellers Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award 2007, the Children’s Book of the Year Award at the 2006 British Book Awards, and the Red House Children’s Book Award. The first adventure, Stormbreaker, was made into a blockbuster movie, starring Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy and Robbie Coltrane.
    Anthony’s other titles for Walker Books include the Diamond Brothers mysteries; Groosham Grange and its sequel, Return to Groosham Grange; The Devil and His Boy; Granny and The Switch. Anthony also writes extensively for TV, with programmes including Midsomer Murders, Poirot and the drama series Foyle’s War, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award 2003. He is married to television producer Jill Green and lives, reluctantly, in London with his two part-time sons, Nicholas and Cassian and their dog, Dreary.
    You can find out more about Anthony and his books at:
www.anthonyhorowitz.com
www.powerof5.co.uk

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used
fictitiously. All statements, activities, stunts, descriptions, information
and material of any other kind contained herein are included for
entertainment purposes only and should not be relied on for
accuracy or replicated as they may result in injury.
    Based on an idea first published in 1983 as
The Devil’s Doorbell
    First published as
Raven’s Gate
2005 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
    Text © 2006 Stormbreaker Productions
Cover illustration and design © 2005 Walker Books Ltd
Power of 5 logo TM © 2005 Walker Books Ltd
    The right of Anthony Horowitz to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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    ISBN 978-1-4063-3219-3 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-4063-3220-9 (e-PDF)
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