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The sixteenth and last ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel (the {{Novelization}} of the film ''Film/GoldenEye'' being the fifteenth) by John Gardner, published in 1996.

The book is divided into two parts, first being an {{Interquel}} set in 1990, where Bond is sent to investigate the events behind the destruction of a plane from England which exploded when it reached its destination at the Dulles airport in Washington. There, he is led after the criminal Tempesta family and the organization known as COLD.

The second part, set [[ImmediateSequel right after]] the events of ''Literature/SeaFire'', has Bond receiving a message from a lover from the past, which sends him back on the trail of the elusive COLD.

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!!This novel contains examples of:

* AccidentalMurder: Kauffburger knows from experience that "guns is dangerous". After all, he did accidentally shoot his brother with one as a kid.
* AntagonistTitle: After the NebulousEvilOrganisation COLD. Also an InitialismTitle.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Brutus Clay lost both his legs]] in the chase after Bond, and has to rely on prosthetics to move.
* BigBad: The so-called Ice King, or rather [[spoiler:General Brutus Clay]].
* {{Blackmail}}: COLD had the BD 299 bombed because one of the passengers, a former member of British government's anti-terrorist section, had accumulated a sizeable amount of material about their operations and was going to extort money from them.
* CallForward: The new M is mentioned to be a woman -- [[Creator/JudiDench Barbara Mawdsley]], properly introduced in the previous ([[AnachronicOrder but next chronologically]]) book, ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''.
* CartwrightCurse: Lampshaded by Bond when Beatrice brings up Flicka, and he tells her about her current condition.
-->'''Bond:''' I seem to bring bad luck to women.
* ContinuityNod:
** Since Sukie Tempesta was the GirlOfTheWeek of ''Literature/NobodyLivesForEver'', its events are given a passing mention.
** As Bond is sinking to the bottom of a lake in a helicopter, his life [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes flashes before his eyes]], description of which including the events of ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService''.
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Before going after COLD again, Bond regularly visits the currently comatose Fredericka von Grüsse, and talks to her.
* DumbMuscle: Kauffburger, who even has the nickname "The Idiot" thanks to his strength-to-intelligence ratio.
* EvilPlan: For COLD, it's [[TheCoup taking over]] the United States.
* FunWithAcronyms: COLD is an official acronym for the organization that calls themselves Children of the Last Days.
* {{Interquel}}: The first half of the book ("Cold Front") happens before ''Literature/NeverSendFlowers'' and ''Literature/SeaFire'', the second half ("Cold Conspiracy") after those and before the novelization of ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''.
* TheMafia: Bond learns from the FBI that the Tempesta family is not so clean-cut as Sukie had led him to believe; they are an old Mafia family who are currently taking over [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gotti John Gotti's]] former turf in New York. And to learn about COLD, he has to go to meet its leaders face to face.
* MarketBasedTitle: The novel was released as ''Cold Fall'' in the United States.
* MythologyGag:
** Bond learns from Sukie's stepsons that she used to call him "[[Literature/TheSpyWhoLovedMe the spy who loved me]]".
** Beatrice di Ricci's message to Bond includes the phrase "I want to win. I don't want lose or die", which references the title of [[Literature/WinLoseOrDie the novel]] where she and Bond met.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: General Brutus Brute Clay. No, Brute is not a nickname.
* NightmareFace: When Bond meets [[spoiler:Brutus Clay]] for the second time, he finds out that their initial confrontation left his face like that of a skull with flaps of skin poorly implemented around it.
* NothingPersonal: Roberto, one of the Tempesta mooks, tells Bond that he actually likes him, and there is nothing personal from his side about Bond being forced into COLD's machinations.
* OperationBlank:
** The operation to bring down COLD is named Operation Antifreeze.
** COLD's big operation to take over United States on Christmas Eve is called Operation Blizzard.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: As Bond is briefed on the Dulles incident, he learns [[spoiler:that Sukie Tempesta was one of the 400 people who perished in the explosion. But when he goes to Dulles to investigate, he finds her alive and well, only to learn a short while later that she has become a victim of homicide]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Sukie [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] in the exploding car, and has been EvilAllAlong, being a primary member in both Tempesta family and COLD organization the whole time]].
* RevengeMyopia: [[spoiler:Sukie Tempesta]] is pretty angry at Bond for shooting down [[spoiler:Brutus Clay's]] helicopter which was gunning for him, leading to his many injuries.
* RoomDisservice: Bond is in the middle of a MexicanStandoff with two crooked FBI agents, who have Beatrice on gunpoint. It ceases momentarily when the room service knocks on the door. When opened, clean FBI agents charge into the room and defuse the situation.
* StraightEdgeEvil: COLD is religious criminal group that wants to get rid of the crime and drugs in the society, but it also wants replace current democratic government of the United States with their own fascist one.
* UnholyMatrimony: The Ice King and Ice Queen of COLD, who plan to force Bond and Beatrice to be part of their wedding ceremony.

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