M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. 'We have no choice. We're just going to bring forward this other chap you've been preparing. But you didn't tell me his name'
'It's Bond, sir' the Chief of Staff replied. 'James Bond'
We have prequel to Casino Royale, where Bond is introduced into the Double O Section and first becomes 007.
Bond then travels off to France to solve the death of the agent he replaces.
This is Horowitz's second Bond book. He establishes Bond as a killer, a lover and a fighter and gives him a reasonable villain to deal with. The only complaint is Bond gets a bit 'goo goo eyed over a woman which is a contradiction considering he is this stone cold killer.
What I've liked about the two books by Horowitz is he has left Bond in the time and place that Fleming set his books.
The keeping Bond contemporary has been the biggest failure of the film franchise and the several other authors who have had a crack at writing a Bond book.
This is a good light read and will fill a weekend nicely.
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