Soon after Ian Fleming Publications revealed
the title and cover artwork for the upcoming Young Bond novel
by
Steve Cole, eagle-eyed fans spotted something awry with the gun
used in the artwork. "Shoot
To Kill" takes place in 1934, but the cover features a Walther
P38 - a weapon that wasn't in production until 1938!
Much like Ian
Fleming after his correspondence with
Geoffrey Boothroyd, the gun has been changed. IFP explained
to MI6: "We obviously intended the gun to be period - and location
- appropriate, and when it was pointed out to us that the story
predated the gun
by a few years, we took steps to rectify that before printing."
Below is the final, updated, artwork. Click
here to see the first version with the P38.
"Shoot To Kill" will based in the 'glittering lights
and seedy underbelly of Hollywood' in the 1930s when Bond is
aged between 14 and 15. The novel will be published in the UK
on November 6th 2014.
