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    Forever and a Day: A James Bond Novel
    Forever and a Day: A James Bond Novel
    Forever and a Day: A James Bond Novel
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    Forever and a Day: A James Bond Novel

    Written by Anthony Horowitz

    Narrated by Matthew Goode

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    A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.

     

    Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera, taking readers into the very beginning of James Bond’s illustrious career and the formation of his identity.

     

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    M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. “We have no choice. We’re just going to bring forward this other chap you’ve been preparing. But you didn’t tell me his name.”

    “‘It’s Bond, sir,'” the Chief of Staff replied. “James Bond.”

    The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. 

    One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. 

    It’s time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organized crime. 

    It’s time for James Bond to earn his license to kill.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateNov 6, 2018
    ISBN9780062876942
    Author

    Anthony Horowitz

    ANTHONY HOROWITZ is the author of the US bestselling Magpie Murders and The Word is Murder, and one of the most prolific and successful writers in the English language; he may have committed more (fictional) murders than any other living author. His novel Trigger Mortis features original material from Ian Fleming. His most recent Sherlock Holmes novel, Moriarty, is a reader favorite; and his bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. As a TV screenwriter, he created both Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle’s War on PBS. Horowitz regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines, and in January 2014 was awarded an OBE.

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    • 5/5
      Perfect book in story and in narration by narrator. Of course, I have read most of the authors books, and he is a very, very excellent writer. If you love a great spy story, listen to this book.

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    • 5/5
      I just love Anthony Horowitz he is such a good writer and he didnt fail with James Bond. Amazing story loved it up until the end.
    • 2/5
      Picked this because I like Anthony Horowitz and it was immediately available for download from the library—and the cover (not the one shown here) had a nice view of the Côte d’Azur. Not qualified to compare it to Fleming’s works, but ugh, not interesting to me at all.
    • 5/5
      Forever And A Day (2018) (James Bond Extended Series #48) by Anthony Horowitz.‘So, 007 is dead.’‘Yes. sir. I’m afraid so.’So begins Mr. Horowitz’s second excursion into the world of Bond. As you can see, the book begins with the death of 007. No fooling. Three shots to the stomach and into the port of Marseilles he went. The autopsy proved the fact of it all. And now M is left with a difficult decision. 008 is recuperating from wounds and 0011 is in Miami on a case. There is no one left. He decides to bring up a new man who is to be 009.The new man is Bond and he likes the idea of sending a message. You might kill the man, but you can’t stop the agent. M accepts Bond’s proposal to keep using the 007 moniker. And he is off to the south of France. His mission has one track that sets him on the path of the killer. Then there is the former war time agent who has since positioned herself high up in the crime world, (This book is set prior to Casino Royale so it is happening at the very beginning of the 1950s.) The third is to discover why the Corsican gang who runs heroin manufacturing has seemingly shut down production.This is as much an action thriller as a mystery. How does the beautiful Madame Sixtine, the former British war operative, fit in? And the rich American Wolfe, owner of a company that produces film stock, appears to be her plaything for the moment, but is he more.There is also a distinctive bad guy with which Bond has to dead. All the trappings of the man who would be 007 are placing themselves, plus we learn some of the origins of Bond’s favorite things. We see this new man being shaped into the spy that has been loved for almost 70 years coming together in this thrilling first outing.Here is a fitting story of the origin of the spy who appears in Fleming’s beloved novels. Once again the Ian Fleming estate has allowed Mr. Horowitz to utilize some of Mr. Fleming’s original writings to be drawn upon for this work. Forever And A Day is a fitting addition to the canon and does great justice to it.And it is a hell of a good read in and of itself.
    • 4/5
      . A second read through (for research purposes) of Anthony Horowitz’s most recent addition to the Bond literary landscape. It’s an entertaining adventure of Bond’s first mission as 007, that sits well with the Fleming canon it leads in to. While there’s some neat references here that lay some of the foundations for aspects of Bond’s character in later stories, you don’t have to be steeped in 007 lore to just enjoy this as a straightforward thriller adventure.
    • 5/5
      I am a huge fan of the James Bond series. I have read all the books written by Ian Fleming and by the various other authors who have written James Bond novels. I am also a huge fan of Anthony Horowitz's books. So I was very pleased to read and enjoyed Forever and a Day. Great story. This is early Bond, right after he was promoted to the 00 section. As interesting as Bond was, the character that make this book so good was a woman, Sixtine. She had an interesting biography but her experiences led her to distrust all men. Sixtine's fate and her relationship with Bond----would she betray him??---made the story more compelling.

      There are the usual despicable villains, plenty of gunplay and violence. I never got the sense the storyline dragged. Plenty of plot swerves, particularly in the final chapter...

      Looking forward to the next book in the James Bond series.
    • 4/5
      Horowitz says he worked very hard to write in the style of Ian Fleming and I would say he has come very close. As with a Fleming Bond novel, the action is continuous and often frantic. Bond has just been given his "00" badge and the two assignments he was given to prove he was up to handling the designation open the novel.Once "M" makes him the 007 which number by the way he requested because his first assignment is to find the people who killed the original 007 in Marseilles, Bond heads to the French city where he is join by a CIA agent Reade Griffith. Soon he is investigating an American movie mogul named Irwin Wolfe and a monstrously overweight Corsican gangster named Jean-Paul Scipio. He also is suspicious of an attractive woman known as Sixtine who seems to be involved in shady deals as well. Besides taking revenge on the killers of the original 007, he must also find out why the manufacture of heroin in the Marseilles region has suddenly collapse. During this investigation, Bond almost suffers the same fate as the original 007 on two separate occasions.Horowitz used some of Fleming's original material to create this novel and in his acknowledgements credits many individuals and critical works on Fleming for assisting in making this novel as true to Fleming's work as possible.
    • 1/5
      Stopped reading at Chapter 10. Writing is unimaginative, simple, and boring.
    • 5/5
      A spy is dead.A new agent steps up to face the brutal underworld of organized crime . . . and becomes 007. In this prequel to the Ian Fleming James Bond novels, the setting is pre-“Casino Royale” with Anthony Horowitz creating a complex backstory for Bond as he steps up, tests his mettle, and earns his place in Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Here the villains are sadistic, the action is explosive, and the suspense is pulse-pounding. The plot twists and turns as it reveals the story of James Bond’s early days of defining his skills, finding his place, and defying the odds as he sheds any bits of ingenuousness that might still cling. The Bond-worthy plot captures the spirit of Fleming’s stories with Horowitz’s noteworthy attention to detail creating an unfolding narrative that fits the 1950s setting and is impressively good. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      James Bond has millions of fans, whether it be of the movies, the original Ian Fleming novels, or the works of those who have picked up Fleming’s mantle since his death. Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz should please all of them. Forever and a Day tells the story of 007’s first mission in 1950, shortly after his elevation to 00 status when he is sent to France to investigate his predecessor’s murder. British Intelligence had been investigating suspicious activity by the Corsican gangs that run the docks, or rather a suspicious lack of activity. Bond’s only lead involves a message his predecessor sent regarding Sixtine. She was a spy for the British during the war and currently an independent operator of uncertain loyalties. Bond follows the trail that leads from Sixtine to a Corsican underworld figure, Scipio, to an American businessman, Irwin Wolfe. Running into CIA operative Reade Griffith along the way, Bond must unravel what is going on and who murdered his predecessor. True to Bond lore, there will be pretty women, luxurious locales, diabolic schemes and a very clever British agent to foil them.Horowitz hits all the notes that makes 007 such a phenomenon and he does it in a relentlessly entertaining way. He walks a clever line in writing Bond’s first adventure, making him both recognizable and yet still learning and picking up some of the habits that make him an icon. The story is intelligent and fits the 1950’s setting. The locale descriptions are beautiful. Where Horowitz really excels is the dialogue between Bond and the other characters, particularly Sixtine. The interaction between these two practically sizzles. Great, fast-paced action scenes, including an explosive resolution, propel this book forward. Forever and a Day should please James Bond fans as well as making a great entry point for new fans. Highly recommended.I received a copy of this book from the publisher.
    • 4/5
      The “prequel to ‘Casino Royale.”!!!This was enjoyable, the story of Bond obtaining his 00 status and his first adventure as 007! Chapter 7, "Russian Roulette", is based on an outline of Ian Fleming's, and the story therein, about the Aleksandr Kolchak and the casino, is pretty good! The overall story is pretty good too, and the ending, with a twist I didn't see coming, is very good! Nice last line:"He felt nothing." (cue the Bond theme...)
    • 5/5
      This second Bond book from Anthony Horowitz is an fantastic addition to the Bond universe. We learn how Bond is introduced to his trade mark cigarettes. Anthony keeps the Fleming atmosphere throughout.
    • 4/5
      A fun and fast (not drawn out) Bond thriller. This beats Fleming, and is also better than the movies. It is a bit childish, but it hits its targets.
    • 4/5
      Certainly not dull, fun and exciting and almost a prequel of a prequel when you think about its relationship to Casino Royale. Literary bond at its more dynamic. This feels like Fleming in most part, but misses the point on a couple of occasions. Good but not perfect but seeing the original manuscript for Fleming's TV series was amazing too.