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James Bond is back where he belongs. Anthony Horowitz's new novel is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. It also features previously unseen material written by Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. The story begins in the lethal world of Grand Prix and an attempt by the Russians to sabotage a race at Nürburgring, the most dangerous track in Europe.

The life of secret agent James Bond has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens complacency…until the sunny afternoon when M is kidnapped. The action ricochets across the globe to a volcanic Greek island, where Colonel Sun Liang-tan of the People's Liberation Army of China collaborates with an ex-Nazi atrocity expert in a world-menacing conspiracy. Stripped of all professional aids, Bond faces, unarmed, the monstrous devices of Colonel Sun....

This new instalment in the adventures of the world's most iconic spy has been written by one of Britain's most admired novelists, Sebastian Faulks.

James Bond is alive. Or at least, he was when he left a clue at the black site where the insidious private military company Rattenfanger held him captive. MI6 cannot spare any more lives attempting to track down one missing agent—no exceptions, even for Bond. But Johanna Harwood, 003, has her own agenda. Sidelined by her superiors while she grieves the loss of a loved one, Harwood goes on an unsanctioned mission: to find 007. Meanwhile, MI6 has another problem.

The intricately organized criminal conspiracy called the Union has vowed its revenge on the man who thwarted its last coup. Now, the Union's mysterious leader sets out to destroy James Bond's reputation and sanity by luring the agent into a dangerous alliance of deceit and treason with a Spanish militant intent on reclaiming Gibraltar.

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In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the Twelve and is about to debrief him. As Eve interrogates her subject, desperately trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, Villanelle moves in for the kill. The duel between the two women intensifies, as does their mutual obsession, and when the action moves from the high passes of the Tyrol to the heart of Russia, Eve finally begins to unwrap the enigma of her adversary's true identity.

A history-making volcanic eruption is about to destroy the big island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the military is more terrifying than the volcano.

Winter Dawn is the third instalment in the Winter series, journeying back to the beginning of her story. This time, she’s grappling with Colosseum: a sinister online phenomenon that has gripped the world. It promises a massive cash prize to the successful hunter of its victims, unleashing an unstoppable tide of violence - and the world’s authorities are powerless to prevent it. When a New York senator is targeted, Winter is called in to protect her. But with all the world watching, there’s nowhere to hide. No one has ever survived Colosseum.

Stephanie Patrick's life is destroyed by the crash of flight NE027: her family was on board, and there were no survivors. Devastated, she falls into a world of drugs and prostitution - until the day she discovers that the crash wasn't an accident but an act of terrorism. Filled with rage, and with nothing left to lose, she joins a covert intelligence organization. But throughout her training and operations she remains focused on one goal above all: revenge.

Der einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogene Bond hat versucht, M, seinen Chef, zu ermorden, und ist gescheitert. Nun muss Bond beweisen, dass er in alter Form zurück und wieder vertrauenswürdig ist. „Alles“, was 007 zu tun hat, ist, den tödlichsten Auftragskiller der Welt zur Strecke zu bringen – Paco „Pistols“ Scaramanga, der Mann mit dem goldenen Colt. Doch trotz seiner Lizenz zum Töten ist 007 kein Mörder. So beschließt er auf der Suche nach Scaramanga in der schwülen Hitze Jamaikas, die kriminelle Vereinigung des Killers zu infiltrieren. Bald schon wird ihm klar, dass er seinen Gegner so schnell wie möglich erledigen muss.

Bond, ein gebrochener Mann nach dem Mord an seiner Frau durch Ernst Stavro Blofeld, will dem Agentenleben entsagen und gefährdet so sich selbst und seine Kollegen. M, der nicht bereit ist, den Verlust einer seiner besten Agenten zu akzeptieren, schickt 007 nach Japan auf eine letzte, fast unlösbare Mission. Aber Japan besiegelt Bonds Untergang, als er in einer mysteriösen Residenz, bekannt als „Schloss des Todes“, auf einen alten, wiederbelebten Feind trifft. Alle Zeichen deuten auf das Ende des britischen Agenten hin... und diesmal scheint selbst Bond dem nichts entgegen halten zu können.