SilverFin (Young Bond #1) (2005)
SilverFin (Young Bond #1) is a 2005 young adult fiction book written by Charles Higson.
Before the tuxedos and the license to kill, James Bond is a thirteen-year-old arriving at Eton in the 1930s, sharp, stubborn and quick to make enemies. Charlie Higson's series opener sends young James north to Scotland for the Easter holidays, where a missing boy, a forbidding loch and a secretive laird pull him into his first real adventure. Sanctioned by the Ian Fleming estate, the book keeps the danger age-appropriate while planting the seeds of the agent to come: the nerve, the curiosity and the knack for landing in trouble that refuses to solve itself quietly.
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What is SilverFin (Young Bond #1) about?
Before the tuxedos and the license to kill, James Bond is a thirteen-year-old arriving at Eton in the 1930s, sharp, stubborn and quick to make enemies. Charlie Higson's series opener sends young James north to Scotland for the Easter holidays, where a missing boy, a forbidding loch and a secretive laird pull him into his first real adventure. Sanctioned by the Ian Fleming estate, the book keeps the danger age-appropriate while planting the seeds of the agent to come: the nerve, the curiosity and the knack for landing in trouble that refuses to solve itself quietly.
When was SilverFin (Young Bond #1) published?
SilverFin (Young Bond #1) was published in 2005.
Who made SilverFin (Young Bond #1)?
SilverFin (Young Bond #1) was written by Charles Higson.
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A few thoughts on SilverFin (Young Bond #1)
Young-spy fans should chase Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider, whose reluctant teen agent runs the same gadget-and-peril circuit, and Robert Muchamore's CHERUB for junior operatives on real missions. For the grown-up template underneath it all, Ian Fleming's Casino Royale shows exactly where this boy is headed.
Grown-up spy novels with the tradecraft young James Bond is learning
SilverFin sends a thirteen-year-old James Bond north to Scotland for his first brush with real danger, before the tuxedos and the licence to kill. These espionage novels carry the tradecraft he is only starting to learn: field agents, double crosses, and missions that cross borders. Read them to see where a curious, stubborn boy's instincts eventually lead.
Espionage series to stream once the Young Bond book is done
Charlie Higson wrote SilverFin as a sanctioned origin story, all nerve and first missions. These series keep the same appetite for cover identities and dangerous errands, but play them out on screen with married assassins, deep-cover operatives, and agents who trust no one. They make an easy next step when you want the spycraft moving instead of described.