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The fifth ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel, and the final one written by Charlie Higson. It was published in 2008.
Literature/JamesBond has just come back from his adventure [[Literature/HurricaneGold in Mexico]]. After he spends some time in the Swiss Alps (and has an another perilous adventure in the process), Bond returns to studying in Eton, deciding to be a normal schoolboy. Within months, he ends up mixed in with spies chasing a cell of agents working against England, and makes a decision that'll set the course for the rest of his life.
!!This novel has examples of:
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Dr. Perseus Friend]], who is looking to upset the balance of power to make his cause succeed.
* BulletproofVest: Col. Seldova is shot in the chest by the man who replaced an agent of hers. She shoots him, her steel corset having saved her life.
* TheBully: Bentinck, an older boy at Codrose's in Eton makes life hard for the younger boys, and has them beat for tiniest of excuses. Bond gives him a thrashing before he leaves Eton, which makes feel like a worse bully.
* ContinuityNod: Plot points from the first three novels are mentioned when Bond angrily questions Merriot about his work as a spy.
* TheDragon: Vladimir Wrangel, [[spoiler:Doctor Friend]]'s manservant.
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Nazis are going to have the British royal family assassinated with a bomb, with [[FalseFlagOperation Communists taking the blame]]]].
* FlayingAlive: His grand scheme foiled, [[spoiler:Dr. Friend]] decides to give Bond a much different and cruel demise; have him skinned alive and use the pieces cut off as skingrafts for his scarred body. He is also [[ForcedToWatch going to make Roan watch]] the operation, and film her reactions.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Merriot equates the spies work as this, telling Bond that the conflicts they're involved in aren't as simple as cowboy films where good guys wear white hats and bad guys wear black, everyone actually wears grey.
* GroinAttack: Bond runs into Bentinck during the Fourth of July celebrations. Determined to not to let him stop him from foiling a dastardly plot, Bond knees Bentinck on the groin and keeps going.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Visiting Langton-Herrings household as a guest of honor for rescuing their son in the Alps, Bond meets [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Prince Edward]], and learns that King George V is going to visit Eton in the Fourth of June.
* KillAndReplace: Graf von Schlick is burned badly on the road when he stops to help two seemingly stranded men, he is later killed in a hospital and his place is taken by [[spoiler:Doctor Friend, who becomes a NaziNobleman in the process]].
* NeckSnap: With the noise from the opera masking his work, Wrangel picks up Gräfin Frieda von Schlick in her box, breaks her neck, and throws her over the balcony, making it seem that she died from the fall.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Col. Sedova had to resort to cannibalism during the famine in , a fact among many that makes her reputation fearsome among Sóviets.
* OperationBlank: Several malcontents codenamed after types of stone have come to England to take part in something called Operation Snow-Blind.
* PistolWhipping: A guard whom Bond has on gunpoint tries to go for his rifle, and gets hit on his jaw with a butt of Bond's pistol.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The assassination attempt against British royal family wasn't concocted by DirtyCommunists, but by ThoseWackyNazis, who Dr. Friend is working for]].
* RedRightHand: Wrangel has puffy, scarred eyelids, with most of his eyes buried behind extremely narrow slits.
* TheReveal:
** After Bond foils the assassination attempt against the royal family, he is taken away by SIS spies to their boss in Eton: Bond's friend and schoolmaster Michael Merriot.
** The man who took over the identity of Graf von Schlick is [[spoiler:Dr. Perseus Friend, the scientist who worked for Randolph Hellebore in ''Literature/SilverFin'', who now seeks revenge on Bond]].
* ShootOutTheLock: Bond shoots the lock to his cell, timing the shot with the hourly blast from a cannon outside. That alone isn't enough to open the cell door, and he picks the remains with his knife.
* TakingTheBullet [[spoiler:Col. Seldova fires a bullet at Bond, but Roan saves his live by jumping on him, but is mortally wounded herself]].
* TeenSuperSpy: Bond fits the bill once he is recruited by the SIS.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Bond encounters a group of Hitler Jugend on his train to Kitzbühel, and beats them at cards. And then at fists.
* TitleDrop: While looking out for the elusive Invisible Man in the woods, Bond comes across two little girls in a predicament, as their shuttlecock flew into a tree. He helps them out, and later learns that they were actually the two daughters of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor the Duke of York]], much to Dandy O'Keefe's amusement.
-->'''Dandy:''' James Bond, by Royal Command.
* UncannyValley: In-universe, Bond finds the plastic surgery done to [[spoiler:Doctor Friend]]'s face to be this, as to him it seems too smooth and perfect, especially next to the hideous burn scars on his neck. His monotonous voice makes it even worse.
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Literature/JamesBond has just come back from his adventure [[Literature/HurricaneGold in Mexico]]. After he spends some time in the Swiss Alps (and has an another perilous adventure in the process), Bond returns to studying in Eton, deciding to be a normal schoolboy. Within months, he ends up mixed in with spies chasing a cell of agents working against England, and makes a decision that'll set the course for the rest of his life.
!!This novel has examples of:
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Dr. Perseus Friend]], who is looking to upset the balance of power to make his cause succeed.
* BulletproofVest: Col. Seldova is shot in the chest by the man who replaced an agent of hers. She shoots him, her steel corset having saved her life.
* TheBully: Bentinck, an older boy at Codrose's in Eton makes life hard for the younger boys, and has them beat for tiniest of excuses. Bond gives him a thrashing before he leaves Eton, which makes feel like a worse bully.
* ContinuityNod: Plot points from the first three novels are mentioned when Bond angrily questions Merriot about his work as a spy.
* TheDragon: Vladimir Wrangel, [[spoiler:Doctor Friend]]'s manservant.
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Nazis are going to have the British royal family assassinated with a bomb, with [[FalseFlagOperation Communists taking the blame]]]].
* FlayingAlive: His grand scheme foiled, [[spoiler:Dr. Friend]] decides to give Bond a much different and cruel demise; have him skinned alive and use the pieces cut off as skingrafts for his scarred body. He is also [[ForcedToWatch going to make Roan watch]] the operation, and film her reactions.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Merriot equates the spies work as this, telling Bond that the conflicts they're involved in aren't as simple as cowboy films where good guys wear white hats and bad guys wear black, everyone actually wears grey.
* GroinAttack: Bond runs into Bentinck during the Fourth of July celebrations. Determined to not to let him stop him from foiling a dastardly plot, Bond knees Bentinck on the groin and keeps going.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Visiting Langton-Herrings household as a guest of honor for rescuing their son in the Alps, Bond meets [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Prince Edward]], and learns that King George V is going to visit Eton in the Fourth of June.
* KillAndReplace: Graf von Schlick is burned badly on the road when he stops to help two seemingly stranded men, he is later killed in a hospital and his place is taken by [[spoiler:Doctor Friend, who becomes a NaziNobleman in the process]].
* NeckSnap: With the noise from the opera masking his work, Wrangel picks up Gräfin Frieda von Schlick in her box, breaks her neck, and throws her over the balcony, making it seem that she died from the fall.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Col. Sedova had to resort to cannibalism during the famine in , a fact among many that makes her reputation fearsome among Sóviets.
* OperationBlank: Several malcontents codenamed after types of stone have come to England to take part in something called Operation Snow-Blind.
* PistolWhipping: A guard whom Bond has on gunpoint tries to go for his rifle, and gets hit on his jaw with a butt of Bond's pistol.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The assassination attempt against British royal family wasn't concocted by DirtyCommunists, but by ThoseWackyNazis, who Dr. Friend is working for]].
* RedRightHand: Wrangel has puffy, scarred eyelids, with most of his eyes buried behind extremely narrow slits.
* TheReveal:
** After Bond foils the assassination attempt against the royal family, he is taken away by SIS spies to their boss in Eton: Bond's friend and schoolmaster Michael Merriot.
** The man who took over the identity of Graf von Schlick is [[spoiler:Dr. Perseus Friend, the scientist who worked for Randolph Hellebore in ''Literature/SilverFin'', who now seeks revenge on Bond]].
* ShootOutTheLock: Bond shoots the lock to his cell, timing the shot with the hourly blast from a cannon outside. That alone isn't enough to open the cell door, and he picks the remains with his knife.
* TakingTheBullet [[spoiler:Col. Seldova fires a bullet at Bond, but Roan saves his live by jumping on him, but is mortally wounded herself]].
* TeenSuperSpy: Bond fits the bill once he is recruited by the SIS.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Bond encounters a group of Hitler Jugend on his train to Kitzbühel, and beats them at cards. And then at fists.
* TitleDrop: While looking out for the elusive Invisible Man in the woods, Bond comes across two little girls in a predicament, as their shuttlecock flew into a tree. He helps them out, and later learns that they were actually the two daughters of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor the Duke of York]], much to Dandy O'Keefe's amusement.
-->'''Dandy:''' James Bond, by Royal Command.
* UncannyValley: In-universe, Bond finds the plastic surgery done to [[spoiler:Doctor Friend]]'s face to be this, as to him it seems too smooth and perfect, especially next to the hideous burn scars on his neck. His monotonous voice makes it even worse.
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