An excerpt from chapter 1 can be found at: An excerpt from chapter 2 can be found at: It is due to be released on June 1st 2017 in the UK, and in October in the USA. When talking about the new book Anthony Horowitz said: 'For the first time in over three years, and contrary to my expectations, I found myself revisiting my character, Alex Rider. And I realised how much I had missed him.'