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332 pm est…
I am guessing but I am likely wrong
That’s quite an exciting synopsis :)
Yes, I’m also guessing it’s a phrase used in a Fleming novel too. Can anyone find it? :D
The setup sounds like he took the opening to TMWTGG and has given it an interesting spin. Is M really even dead I wonder?
Yes, I think it must be something like that. Horowitz mentioned the new title was like an existing Fleming title.
The plot sounds a little strange to me. We've already had M nearly being assassinated by Bond at the start of TMWTGG so it seems odd they're going to try that trick again and seemingly have Bond succeed in killing M again. As @mtm says above though it could be a ruse or misinformation campaign by the British against the Soviets so that they'll fully trust Bond and he can fully infiltrate SMERSH. Kind of like what happens to KGB chief General Pushkin in the film version of The Living Daylights perhaps?
Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion’s den – but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of truth arrives?
In a mission where treachery is all around and one false move means death, Bond must grapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be.
http://www.ianfleming.com/new-horowitz-bond-title-and-cover-revealed/
Now, what versions will be out there I wonder? The last Horowitz Bond had a signed Waterstones edition with extra Fleming in the back (with yellow paper edges), and there was also a nice limited edition Goldsboro signed version (with no Fleming, but numbered with blue paper edges). They did 750 of these.
The regular edition had no Fleming and white paper edges.
They're a real treat for me.
Waterstones are selling a signed one; must admit I nabbed one :)
I think they're using the same font as Skyfall did for its logo; which is fair enough- it does look Bondy!
Edit: I also like the title. I think the previous Fleming title Horowitz have as a clue is From a View to a Kill. I can’t make out what he meant by the title describing a previous Fleming plot.
I guess it could also reference the opening of TMWTGG: Bond went into M's office with a mind to kill.
Very good point about the attempted assassination from that actually being the murder of M this is about: yes I'm sure you're right. It actually seems to be a really obvious plot to do in hindsight and it kind of seems mad it hasn't been done before: well done of Mr Horowitz to spot it if that is the case!
Quite funny that the last novel was promoted with '007 IS DEAD' and this one is being pushed with 'M IS DEAD' :D
Good for you!
I'll get one too.
edit - I can't see it on the Waterstones site yet. Anyone got any links?
Here you go, it was in one of the tweets quoted above:
https://t.co/bTU9MdcJXD?amp=1
I’d have to re-read TMWTGG more thoroughly, but I recently skipped through the first chapters looking for a quote and I was struck with how nonchalantly M brushes aside Tanner‘s concerns. So it could play off of that quite well, if we find out M had anticipated there being an available play for him if Bond does actually turn out to be there to make an attempt on his life.
Presumably Bond will have to publicly escape from custody, that should be fun.
The cover is a bit of a disappointment, it looks like the SP teaser poster, so is the title.
Apart from that, I really enjoy Horowitz' novels, both Bond and Sherlock Holmes. Have yet to try the the Agatha Christie ones.
Brilliant, thanks. It's on order :)
It doesn't say if the Waterstones one has additional Fleming, like the last two had. Still, I've got a signed first edition Bond novel ordered, so that's me very happy today!
Does anyone else think the cover looks like a bird with something stuck in it's head? The bullet hole as an eye, the beak on the lower left side and then some object in the skull top right.
I can't think of any bird imagery (apart from Birds of the West Indies), so it's probably just my eyes playing tricks. But I can't unsee it right now.
The rest sounds great, though. And it makes me wonder if (as mentioned by others above) Horowitz intends for this to be an epilogue to TMWTGG and a way of retroactively redeeming that novel - essentially extending the story of Bond's brainwashing and subsequent mishaps and giving it the closure that Fleming never got the chance to do? If so, that's a monumental task - even bigger than what he was attempting to do with the previous novels.
I wish him luck and I look forward to reading it.
The cover is my background and I will pre order it post Christmas
I know what you mean but I'm just happy to have titles that sound like Bond, even if they are slightly by-the-numbers. And this one does at least seem to have relevance to Bond struggling with his own mind.