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Carte Blanche

A James Bond Novel

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Carte Blanche

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Toby Stephens
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 The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much any more. 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, 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.

(P)2011 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks©2011 Ian Fleming Publications Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Suspense Exciting War

Critic reviews

Praise for Jeffery Deaver
The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world
'The art of writing blockbuster thrillers is not easily mastered but Deaver has it at his fingertips.'
The best psychological thriller writer around
The master of ticking-bomb suspense
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James Bond is rebooted for the 21st century just has the new films have done, so now Bond has once again for the first time since the 60`s got both a written and film life set in the same era with a younger Bond unlike the older Bond in most of the other non Fleming books.
The changes needed to do this are not as drastic as most fans would have you believe and are both logical and believable.
This book is well plotted and written by Jeffery Deaver who while not replacing Fleming does understand and respect the character.
The book is very well read by Toby Stephens who was in Die Another Day as the villan and has played Bond in two radio plays for radio 4.

A new premium Bond

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I listened to the unabridged book. It was a great audiobook and well narrated with ongoing interest and excitement. I loved it.

A really good listen

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All of those who enjoyed reading the original bond books should be fairly pleased with this itteration by Jeffery Deaver. Despite being an Americal author Deaver has managed to accurately capture the authentic Britishness of this very specific genre with only the odd few errors. He has craftlily moved Bond away from MI6 to a stand alone organisation and as such has permitted a variety of plausable liberties to be taken. Like the original it is all a little bit over the top in terms of Bonds knowlege, abilities and cars. All true secret service agencies rely on grey men with undistinguished features that do not raise interest and hence alarm in those being followed. A huge powerful Bently stands out as if Bond were wearing a flourescent yellow suit with I am a spy picked out in red. However the story is vey well done and I would like more please.

Bond is back!

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To be honest I wasn't expecting a great book, Bond shouldn't be messed with. I was however glad to be proved wrong, this book was one of the best that I have listened to.
The author draws you in with great character detail and an extremely good plot.
The narrator Toby Stephens is more than able to do justice to this story with great accents and sound effects.
If you are in doubt about getting this book, do take a chance on it, you won't be disappointed.
Hope that they combine again the future.

Unexpectedly good book

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Its exciting, its witty and Bond has a conscience. Deaver gives Bond a history and morality that makes him a modern man. Twists and turns in the plot follow the tradition of Bond novels and a few gadgets.

Bond grows up

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