He rubbed his arms to try to get some feeling back into them, and the raised goose bumps made them feel as rough as sandpaper. His body felt raw, as if he'd had the skin peeled off it, like Croaker's eel. Think maybe it's time I published an updated version here on The Book Bond. SilverFin is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will mesmerize readers of all ages. I took a look at the similarities in an article on a few years back. There is a rich history of ideas from the continuation novels mysteriously finding their way into the Bond films (Colonel Moon anyone?). I guess we could also point to License Renewed, which features a Scottish Castle as a major location, but not in the book's climax. Heck, Duntrune even looks like Castle SilverFin from various SilverFin cover art. Of course, the climax of Charlie Higson's first Young Bond novel SilverFin was also set in a Scottish Castle.
Ages 10-up.Seems like every time we get a bit of information about the next James Bond film, it sounds like sometime out of one of the continuation novels (at least to my obsessed mind).įirst we heard that the film might feature South Africa and an action sequence involving freight trains ( Carte Blanche), then we got the rumored title Skyfall ( Cold Fall), now the BBC reports that the explosive climax of the film will take place at Duntrune Castle in Scotland. It's James Bond's first day at Eton, and already he's met his first enemy.
British actor Parker's crisp delivery and quick pacing will hold readers rapt, guiding them over a few overly long and somewhat predictable passages. And there's a blonde Bond beauty, too-Wilder Lawless, who rides a horse called Martini. But R&R is quickly forgotten and mystery and intrigue are on the menu when James finds himself investigating the disappearance of a local boy, and a mad scientist's attempts to gain global domination via genetic experiments that include killer eels.
A school holiday sends him to Scotland where he spends time with his aunt and his dying uncle Max, who happens to be a former spy and who offers to teach James how to drive his classic Aston Martin.
Listeners meet James as he's learning the ropes at the posh Eton boarding school in 1930s England. But what was James Bond like at age 14? Higson and Parker fill in some of the blanks with this vibrant recording. Everybody knows dashing agent 007, star of Ian Fleming's novels and the hit films.
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