SilverFin (Young Bond)

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I wouldn't even say the plot is particularly Bond-like. The mystery that unfolds is pretty out there, belonging more in the Hellboy universe than the Bond pantheon. There are also no real twists or surprises, no late-game reveals. It just kind of... moves forward. The Bond girl in this book is Wilder Lawless, a girl who owns a horse called Martini. This girl helps James and 'Red' Kelly (named on account of his red hair) figure out why Kelly's cousin was killed and she helps them to defeat Lord Hellebore. In this book James learns to drive, taught by his Uncle Max, who, while he is away at Lord Hellebore's castle sadly dies. His Aunt Charmain who thinks James and Kelly are away on a camping trip tells James this as he wakes up from his coma. It’s James Bond’s first day at Elon and already he’s made an enemy. An enemy who will follow him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin, where a terrifying new breed of warfare threatens to unleash destruction on the world.

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That said Higson did write some excellent books and his last one actually featured james Bond 007 in a albeit short chapter. The only real problem that I have with this graphic novel is that it is incredibly fast-paced. Bond makes a friend at school - all we know about him is that he is smart, nice, a bit pudgy and from India. What else about his schooling at Eton? There seem to be a lot of ... James Bond • Charmian Bond • Max Bond • Michael Merriot • Pritpal Nandra • Perry Mandeville • Tommy Chong • Red Kelly • Wilder Lawless • George Hellebore • Amy Goodenough • Vendetta Benetutti • Victor Delacroix • Kelly Kelly • Precious Stone • Roan Power • Boody Pryce • Hugo Grande • Jagua Solares • Maritsa • Kitty Drift • Hepworth Blade • Anya Kalashnikova Bond's Aunt Charmian drives an identical Bentley to one Bond drives in Casino Royale and in subsequent books. Bond also inherits his uncle's 1.5 liter Bamford & Martin Sidevalve Short Chassis Tourer. Bamford & Martin later became Aston Martin.

Young Bond: SilverFin is the first explosive book in Charlie Higson's bestselling Young Bond series. SilverFin (2005) • Blood Fever (2006) • Double or Die (2007) • Hurricane Gold (2007) • By Royal Command (2008) • A Hard Man to Kill (2009) • Shoot to Kill (2014) • Heads You Die (2016) • Strike Lightning (2016) • Red Nemesis (2017) Fleming: "The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning" Higson: "The smell and noise and confusion of a hallway full of schoolboys can be quite awful at twenty past seven in the morning." Pan’s Labyrinth was amazing. Special effects and fantasy are used for more than just pretty pictures.

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This book is a very fun adventure with a lot of thrill and suspense. I am not a big reader but this book was really fun to read because it has so many interesting pictures that correlate with the story very well. This book is about a young James Bond, who is spending his time in Scotland and Eaton College. While he is in Scotland, he ends up meeting his Uncle who is a spy. Also near the time he meets his uncle, he meets another main character that is the school bully. The bully George competes with James and they grow into enemies very fast. George's dad (Lord Hellebore) has plans to rule the world with his friend who is an evil genius scientist. James works hard against Hellebore and pushes towards the saving of the world. This is a great book and I love how detailed and fun the pictures are that really connect you to the story. SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. It was written by Charlie Higson and released in the UK on March 3, 2005 by Puffin Books in conjunction with a large marketing campaign; a Canadian release of the same edition occurred in late March. The U.S. edition was released on April 27, 2005 by Miramax Books. In 2004, it was announced that Higson would pen a series of James Bond novels, aimed at younger readers and concentrating on the character's school-days at Eton. Higson was himself educated at Sevenoaks School where he was a contemporary of Jonathan Evans, current Director General of MI5. The first novel, SilverFin, was released on 3 March 2005 in the UK and on 27 April 2005 in the U.S. A second novel, Blood Fever, was released on 5 January 2006 in the UK and 1 June in the U.S. The third novel, Double or Die, was published on 4 January 2007 having had its title announced the day before. The next, Hurricane Gold, came out in hardcover in the UK in September 2007.[3:]In this year he also made a debut performance on the panel show QI. His final Young Bond novel, By Royal Command, was released in hardcover in the UK on the 3 September 2008.[4:] Bond's Aunt Charmain drives an identical Bentley to one Bond drives in Casino Royale and in subsequent books. Bond also inherits his Uncles 1.5 liter Bamford & Martin Sidevalue Short Chassis Tourer. Bamford & Martin later became Aston Martin.Randolph Hellebore • Ugo Carnifex • Zoltan the Magyar • Peter Haight • Smiler • Colonel Irina Sedova • John Charnage • Ludwig Smith • Wolfgang Smith • El Huracán • Theda Glass • Charles Caiboche • Emil Lefebvre • Dr. Perseus Friend • Anton Kostler • Martyn Kostler • Scolopendra • La Velada • El Puño • Konstantin Grünner • Adam Elmhirst • Andrei Karachan • Mimic Ian Fleming's impression of James Bond, drawn by an unknown artist (it would seem that out of all the movie Bonds, Pierce Brosnan is the closest to what Fleming envisaged.