The first explosive book in Charlie Higson's bestselling Young Bond series.
Before the name became a legend. Before the boy became a man. Meet Bond. James Bond.
There's something in the water at Loch Silverfin. Something deadly. Something that must be kept secret...
It's James Bond's first day at Eton, and he's already met his first enemy. This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin and a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare.
This book is part of a book series called Young Bond .
There are 400 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Charlie Higson is the author of the bestselling Young Bond series, as well as a well-known writer of screenplays and adult thriller novels. He's also a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show.
This book contains the following story:
Silverfin
Young James Bond, while attending boarding school at Eton in the 1930s, must battle against an insane arms dealer who, by using killer eels, is attempting to create a race of indestructible soldiers on the eve of World War II.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Isinglass Teen Read Award
This book was recognised by the Isinglass Teen Read Award.
British Book Award
This book was recognised in the Children's Book of the Year category by the British Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.