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* EvilPlan: Blade-Rise is selling weapons to ThoseWackyNazis in contravention of the Versailles treaty. [[spoiler: Of course, it's not quite that simple.]]
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The eighth ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel, and the third by Steve Cole.

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The eighth ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel, and the third third, penultimate volume by Steve Cole.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Bond and Kitty are trapped in the arena, and James is [[DespairEventHorizon genuinely convinced they're dead this time]]... and then [[spoiler: Perry Mandeville bursts through the door in an armoured car.]]
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* CallForward: When James is convinced he and Kitty are dead in the arena, the context makes clear he's about to tell her [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService they have all the time in the world]] before [[SavedByCanon they're saved]].
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The minor crime here being [[spoiler: manslaughter]], which leads Bond to discover [[a British company selling illegal arms to Hitler's Germany in contravention of the Versailles Treaty]], then [[spoiler: discovering that's part of a British operation to track down the secret Nazi weapon labs, and that there's a German PoweredArmour programme]].

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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The minor crime here being [[spoiler: manslaughter]], which leads Bond to discover [[a [[spoiler: a British company selling illegal arms to Hitler's Germany in contravention of the Versailles Treaty]], then [[spoiler: discovering that's part of a British operation to track down the secret Nazi weapon labs, and that there's a German PoweredArmour programme]].
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* AccidentalMurder: Stephenson's death appears to be this - [[spoiler: at first it seems he was accidentally killed testing the Steel Shadow's lightning strike resistance. Then it turns out it was plain murder on Axmann's part - step one in killing everyone with knowledge of the project.]]


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* TheBusCameBack: Perry Mandeville, who got expelled from Eton before Bond and transferred to Fettes in ''Literature/ByRoyalCommand'', finally makes his reappearance.
* ContinuityNod: Bond forming the first UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} club in Fettes was established in his obituary in ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. The plot of this novel is kicked off when his co-founder Marcus Stephenson ends up dead.

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* PoweredArmour: Blade's invention of workable Power Armour drives much of the plot.
* RailEnthusiast: Perry Mandeville's cousin Kitty Drift.

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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The minor crime here being [[spoiler: manslaughter]], which leads Bond to discover [[a British company selling illegal arms to Hitler's Germany in contravention of the Versailles Treaty]], then [[spoiler: discovering that's part of a British operation to track down the secret Nazi weapon labs, and that there's a German PoweredArmour programme]].
* PoweredArmour: Blade's invention of a workable Power Armour drives much of the plot.
* RailEnthusiast: Perry Mandeville's cousin Kitty Drift. Her knowledge of Dutch train timetables comes in useful more than once.

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* CoolCar: Maximilian Blade's two Tatra 77s

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* CoolCar: Maximilian Blade's two Tatra 77s77s.



* TheManBehindTheMan: First, Maximilian Hepworth Blade for Whittaker. Later, [[spoiler: German ambassador to the Netherlands Grünner.]]

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* TheManBehindTheMan: First, Maximilian Hepworth Blade for Whittaker. Later, [[spoiler: German ambassador to the Netherlands Grünner.Grünner for Blade.]]


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* RedOnesGoFaster: The German ''Blutbanner'' PoweredArmour.

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* BigBad:ArmsDealer: Blade-Rise Industries.
* BigBad: Maximilian Hepworth Blade, then [[spoiler: Bond discovers things aren't quite so simple, and Grünner takes the position for the rest of the book]].
* CoolCar: Maximilian Blade's two Tatra 77s
* TheDragon: Herta Axmann.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: Blade reveals to James that [[spoiler: the only way he could afford to develop PowerArmour to sell to Germany is if the British government funded him to do it. He's [[GoodIsNotNice not a nice man]], but he's a patriot.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: First, Maximilian Hepworth Blade for Whittaker. Later, [[spoiler: German ambassador to the Netherlands Grünner.]]
* PoweredArmour: Blade's invention of workable Power Armour drives much of the plot.
* RailEnthusiast: Perry Mandeville's cousin Kitty Drift.
* RedRightHand: Maximilian Blade has ''Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva'', or Stone Man Syndrome - his soft tissues are gradually ossifying into solid bone, leaving him twisted and in constant risk of injuring himself. [[spoiler: The real BigBad, Grünner, has a more low-key version in that he has a disconcertingly girlish giggle.]]
* SuperSoldier: The aim of Blade's PowerArmour project is to make these for the inevitable upcoming war.
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The eighth ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel, and the third by Steve Cole.

Bond has finally enrolled at Fettes College in Edinburgh. But when his new friend is killed, and the entire affair covered up as a tragic accident, he wants answers - and revenge - and trails the perpetrators across Europe to discover a conspiracy bigger and more powerful than he imagined.

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