Hmm, this book left me a bit mixed up.

I love the Young Bond series and so jumped at the chance to read a new story in the series.  As far as that’s concerned, I really liked this book but unfortunately that only covers the first fifty pages or so.

The rest is taken up by covering stuff anyone who has read the previous books already knows.  It’s a bit like a Young Bond encyclopedia if you like.

Personally, it felt a bit like a money-making exercise.  Higson has decided that he won’t be doing any more of these books for a while, so either he or the publishers have decided that one more payday would be nice.

While the new story is a decent enough read, it doesn’t really justify the pricetag - at least until the paperback is available at a decent discount…