Charlie Higson Young Bond collection 5 books set. (Blood Fever, Double or Die, Hurricane Gold, Silverfin, By Royal Command)

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On 11 August 2008 Puffin Books announced the first Young Bond alternate reality game (ARG), The Shadow War. [35] The online game started on 23 August, when Charlie Higson set the first mission during his appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In the game, players around the world use a range of media, including the Young Bond books themselves and the World Wide Web, to complete the missions and influence the outcome of the game. Charlie Higson took part in a live online event that concluded the game on 8 October 2008. [36] Illustrations [ edit ] The Young Bond books have, to date, sold over a million copies in the UK and been translated into 24 different languages.The Young Bond titles are included in a recent list of books complied by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the School Libraries Association to encourage school boys to read (www.boysintobooks.co.uk).

SilverFin The Graphic Novel released in UK". The Young Bond Dossier. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009 . Retrieved 2 October 2008.It's just the last desperate attempt to draw in a new audience. The films have little to do with the Bond we used to know, and now the books are going the same way. [23]

As of March 2009 the Young Bond novels have sold over 5 million copies and have been translated into 25 languages. Danger Society release date pulled forward". The Young Bond Dossier. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017 . Retrieved 29 April 2009.On 9 October 2013 Ian Fleming Publications announced that a new series of four Young Bond books were in development, written by Astrosaurs creator, Steve Cole. Cole's novels will follow on from Higson's last entry, By Royal Command and the aftermath of Bond's expulsion from Eton. The first novel will be published in the UK by Random House in the autumn of 2014. A lifelong fan of the original Bond novels, Cole described the task as "a thrilling privilege and an exciting challenge". [16] Hurricane Gold official announcement". The Young Bond Dossier . Retrieved 24 April 2007. [ dead link] Another scene in the book, set during a strip tease at a Harlem nightclub, was originally “Bond could hear the audience panting and grunting like pigs at the trough. He felt his own hands gripping the tablecloth. His mouth was dry.” This has been revised to “Bond could sense the electric tension in the room.” A segment in the book describing accented dialogue as “straight Harlem-Deep South with a lot of New York thrown in,” has been removed.