Alex Rider, created by British author Anthony Horowitz, serves as the central figure and protagonist in the Alex Rider novel series. Within the same canon, Horowitz has also penned three short stories featuring the character: "Secret Weapon," "Christmas at Gunpoint," and "Incident in Nice." Alex is a remarkable young individual who finds himself employed by MI6, the renowned British international intelligence service. At a tender age of fourteen, fate led him into this line of work, as MI6 took note of his numerous talents. Throughout his journey, Alex's skills have been put to use not only by MI6 but also by the CIA, Scorpia (in "Scorpia"), and the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (in "Snakehead").