P HILOMEL B OOKS

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Copyright © 2019 by Anthony Horowitz.

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Individual stories © 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019 by Stormbreaker Productions Ltd. Trademarks 2019 Stormbreaker Productions Ltd. Alex Rider™, Boy with Torch Logo™.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.