Carte Blanche: A James Bond Novel (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 35 Ratings
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- £8.99
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much anymore. There's thinking, in some circles, that we need to play by a different set of rules too....
Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. Conceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, with its very existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary.
The Night Action alert calls Bond from dinner with a beautiful woman. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected. And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfil his mission.
Customer Reviews
007 is back!
Great read/listen. Written in true Fleming style and read wonderfully
So good
This book is so good it would be good as a movie. Looking forward to more.
Didn't meet expectations
I was largely underwhelmed by the story. The plot seems luke warm, and while you expect a wealth of cliches out of any Bond story this one seemed over the top. I also felt that it had been written with young adults in mind - for a man with a license to kill, this Bond seems to shoot a lot of people in arms and legs!! Obviously it's personal taste (I love the new, rougher Bonds by Daniel Craig) but I got the feeling there's an effort to make this Bond more politically correct. It's a shame because I highly rate some of Deavers other books! I found it passed the time but never really gripped me.
In essence it's not a Sean Connery, or a Daniel Craig, but rather a Roger Moore.