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MI6 reports on the Young Bond 3 book launch in central
London where Charlie Higson revealed the title to
an enthusiastic crowd...
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Double Or Die Book Launch
4th January 2007
Charlie Higson’s first two Young Bond adventures,
SilverFin and Blood
Fever, have together sold 350,000 copies
since March 2005 and have spent a combined 20 weeks in
the top ten children’s bestsellers. The third novel
in the series was published by Puffin today (4th January
2007).
The title was unveiled by author Charlie
Higson at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London at the official book
launch yesterday. After being introduced by compere Robert
Pound and giving a brief speech, Higson - who was also
kept in the dark about the title - ripped off protective
foil from a copy at 11am revealing "Double
Or Die" to
a crowd of cheering fans and press.
The title Double or Die was voted for by the British public
in an unprecedented nationwide readers’ ballot via
the Young Bond website. Thousands of fans have become part
of James Bond history
by voting
for their favourite of three given titles, devised by Charlie
Higson: Double or Die, N.E.M.E.S.I.S. or The Deadlock Cipher. |
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Above: Charlie Higson unveils the title |
Above: Charlie Higson with Stanley
McCarthy and
Teddy Mackereth
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Higson then presented a copy each to Billy Jones, Stanley
McCarthy and
Teddy Mackereth who all appear in the novel. After the press
photo call was completed, a signing session started where Higson
autographed fresh copies of the book for fans. Meanwhile, children
at the event could play at a Bond themed Blackjack table,
Spy Shop table and
Brainteaser puzzles table. The event wrapped at
1pm and fans headed home to devour the new adventure.
Double or Die is set in the dangerous underworld of 1930s London;
a world of illegal gambling dens and Cambridge spies; of East
End gangs and tough Irish dockers.
The novel opens in Highgate Cemetery, where an Eton professor
is kidnapped at gunpoint. A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic
clues arrives at Eton, where James Bond and his crossword enthusiast
friends set to work on it. To decipher the deadly mystery, James
must take a series of dangerous gambles, leading him on a perilous
journey across London during which he escapes death again and
again. Once the code is cracked, James has just 48 hours to save
the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them
both. And they both know that it is not only their own futures
that are at stake.
Above: Shoppers could also pick up the first two adventures:
SilverFin and Blood Fever |
In Double or Die, Charlie Higson serves up another cracking
adventure for young readers about the boy who is to become the
world's best known secret agent.
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