Forever and a Day, Anthony Horowitz

Forever and a Day is Anthony Horowitz’s second James Bond novel using original material by Ian Fleming. The story is a prequel to Casino Royale, Ian Fleming’s first 007 novel, and will explore the origins of the world’s most famous secret agent.

Excerpts from the book:

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 organised crime.

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

This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera

Forever and a Day is published in the UK by Jonathan Cape – Ian Fleming’s original publisher and an imprint of Vintage Publishing. In the US, the book will be released on November 6th 2018 by HarperCollins.

Hardcover: 304 pages
UK/EU Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (May 31, 2018)
ISBN-10: 1911214772
ISBN-13: 978-1911214779
USA HarperCollins (November 6, 2018)
ISBN-10: 006287280X
ISBN-13: 978-0062872807

Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz, OBE is one of the UK’s most successful authors and has over forty books to his name. His work for children and teenagers includes The Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and The Power of Five series (aka The Gatekeepers). His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame (2001) and the Sherlock Holmes novel The House of Silk (2011). He has also written for television, contributing numerous scripts to ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot and Midsomer Murders. He was the creator and principal writer of the ITV series Foyle's War, Collision and Injustice.

In 2015, Horowitz wrote Trigger Mortis, a new story that was set in the 1950s. Horowitz’s story was unique among the modern James Bond novels, in that a section contained previously unseen material written by Ian Fleming. The new book Forever and a Day is the second book to follow that concept and once again will feature original Fleming material.