| 1 | !! Fridge Brilliance |
| 2 | * ''Russian Roulette'' reveals that [[spoiler:Yassen knew for a long time that John Rider was a British spy]]. This puts [[spoiler:his last words to Alex at the end of ''Eagle Strike'']] in a new light. [[spoiler:By sending Alex to Scorpia, Yassen was trying to turn Alex, the son of the man who in his eyes betrayed him, against the organization who had carried out that betrayal. At the finish of '''Russian Roulette'' (the Herod Sayle assassination), Yassen tries to give Alex the choice to leave the spy life. However, Alex continues to not be given that choice by [=MI6=], so Yassen with his last words forces the choice.]] |
| 3 | ** Also from ''Russian Roulette'': a chapter on Yassen's Scorpia training gives a list of three [=MI6=] gadgets: a metal-eating cream, a poisoned fountain pen, and a battery transmitter. The first two have been seen before, the cream in ''Stormbreaker'' and the pen in the film version of ''Stormbreaker''. So what's the battery doing in that list? [[spoiler:It's {{Foreshadowing}} of its eventual ChekhovsGun status.]] |
| 4 | * In the prologue of ''Eagle Strike'', it is mentioned that the Commander was a drug dealer. Later in the book, [[spoiler:it is revealed that Damian Cray has had many people killed for 'good causes', and that he also hates drugs]]. Put two and two together, and you realize that it was [[spoiler:Cray]] who had hired Yassen and [[spoiler:Alex's father]] to take down the Commander. |
| 5 | * It's mentioned throughout the series that the Prime Minister feels uneasy about [=MI6=] and specifically them using Alex. Well, yeah, because the guy ''shot him in the hand back in the first book!'' Even when the new one comes along later in the series, it's entirely possible he either heard about it from his predecessor, or was even there at the event. |
| 6 | * This may count as HarsherInHindsight, but after reading ''Scorpia'' [[spoiler: where Alex gets shot in the chest]], looking at the series' logo takes on a whole new meaning since the boy with the torch/flashlight, [[spoiler:has the light from the flashlight over his chest, where Alex got shot]]. |
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| 8 | !! Fridge Horror |
| 9 | * In ''Scorpia'', "Invisible Sword" works through remote-controlled cyanide nanoshells delivered by vaccine injections. Anti-vaxxers are going to have a field day with this... |
| 10 | ** '''If''' the entire story is leaked and confirmed, but the government and [=MI6=] will likely go to any lengths to prevent it. |
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