By Royal Command - Charlie Higson

This is the fifth book in the young Bond series by Charlie Higson. The series tells us the story of a young James Bond and his adventures at Eton and also around the world as he grows up to become the man he is. In this book we join James returning from his last adventure on his way to the alps to join his class mates from Eton on their skiing holiday. After rescuing a class mate and nearly dying himself he returns to Eton but not all is what it seems. I ve enjoyed the other books and this one is still up to the standard set by the first. It s a good page turner and if you like the Alex Rider series then you should definitely check out these books as this series is also ...

Young Bond: Hurricane Gold - Charlie Higson

If there is one thing I hate about modern media it s the apparently constant drive to milk something for all its worth. Why stop at a movie when you can have toys, books and many other types of media? Why stop there even? You can spin off new variations of the show, re-imagine it, repackage it - just keep doing this every decade or so and tap into the new market of kids growing up. The problem with doing this is that you can dilute what made something great in the first place. Star Wars will never be as good as I cannot watch it without thinking of the various awful prequels. Harry Potter should have been 5 books instead of 7 as Rowling ran out of steam far too ...

Young Bond: Double or Die - Charlie Higson

There is something so sacrilicious about taking a well loved character and forcing them to live on for longer than they should. Whilst Ian Fleming was still alive he was able to see the first few James Bond films being made at least the titles followed his books. However, there simply were not enough books written to satisfy the mighty film juggernaut so people stepped in and created their own James Bond stories. This would prove to be a great success with the character living on today. However, what would Fleming think if he discovered that a ‘Young Bond’ series of books had been written? Would you hear the tell tale noises of a man wearing a Walter PPK spinning in ...