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"""I spy ... a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon."" --Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel The start of a brand-new trilogy following MI6's Double O agents with a license to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open! James Bond is missing... 007 has been captured--and perhaps killed--by a sinister private military company. His status unknown. MI6 will do everything in their power to recover their most lethal agent. But in the meantime, the rest of the Double O division has a job to do. Meet the new generation of spies... Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. They represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Supremely skilled, ruthless, with a license to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. The fate of the world rests in their hands... Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he has developed new cutting-edge technology capable of reversing climate change and saving the planet. But can his ambitious promises be trusted, and are his motives as noble as they appear? The new spies must uncover the truth because the stakes could not be higher; for humanity... and for James Bond himself. Time is running out."

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I spy ... a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon. Filled with characters so real we feel we know them, the novel races through its surprising plot twists like an Aston Martin in high gear. Get this book and clear your calendar--though it won't be for long; I read it in one sitting. -- Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel Stylish, explosive, fresh and fun, Kim Sherwood takes one of the world's most beloved series and makes it her own. Faithful, yet entirely original, Double or Nothing is everything you could want in a spy novel. -- Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End Bang up to date and action-packed, Kim Sherwood has taken the world of James Bond and turned it on its head. -- Charles Cumming, author of Box 88 Blistering, breakneck, brilliant. Sherwood's first Double O novel delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller. The world of Bond is in expert hands. -- Tim Glister, author of Red Corona A cleverly plotted and absorbing novel with a fantastic cast of fully rounded characters in this breathtaking new novel. I loved it. -- Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Innocent One

I spy . . . a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon. Filled with characters so real we feel we know them, the novel races through its surprising plot twists like an Aston Martin in high gear. Get this book and clear your calendar--though it won't be for long; I read it in one sitting. -- Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel Stylish, explosive, fresh and fun, Kim Sherwood takes one of the world's most beloved series and makes it her own. Faithful, yet entirely original, Double or Nothing is everything you could want in a spy novel. -- Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End Bang up to date and action-packed, Kim Sherwood has taken the world of James Bond and turned it on its head. -- Charles Cumming, author of Box 88 Blistering, breakneck, brilliant. Sherwood's first Double O novel delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller. The world of Bond is in expert hands. -- Tim Glister, author of Red Corona A cleverly plotted and absorbing novel with a fantastic cast of fully rounded characters in this breathtaking new novel. I loved it. -- Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Innocent One There are plenty of things in this outstanding thriller that will be familiar to Bond fans, while at the same time Sherwood introduces some new elements that make the environment feel fresh and just a little bit different. . . It's the first of a projected trilogy, and volume two cannot come soon enough. -- Booklist on Double or Nothing This entertaining James Bond pastiche, the authorized first in a projected trilogy, from British author Sherwood (Testament) introduces a diverse team of new 00 agents. . . [A] refreshing update on the venerable franchise. . .Readers will be curious to see what's next for her team in book two. -- Publishers Weekly on Double or Nothing

Blistering, breakneck, brilliant. Sherwood's first Double O novel delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller. The world of Bond is in expert hands. -- Tim Glister, author of Red Corona

"""I spy . . . a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon. Filled with characters so real we feel we know them, the novel races through its surprising plot twists like an Aston Martin in high gear. Get this book and clear your calendar--though it won't be for long; I read it in one sitting."" -- Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel ""Stylish, explosive, fresh and fun, Kim Sherwood takes one of the world's most beloved series and makes it her own. Faithful, yet entirely original, Double or Nothing is everything you could want in a spy novel."" -- Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End ""Bang up to date and action-packed, Kim Sherwood has taken the world of James Bond and turned it on its head."" -- Charles Cumming, author of Box 88 ""Blistering, breakneck, brilliant. Sherwood's first Double O novel delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller. The world of Bond is in expert hands."" -- Tim Glister, author of Red Corona ""Breathtaking.... A cleverly plotted and absorbing novel with a fantastic cast of fully rounded characters.... I loved it."" -- Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Innocent One ""There are plenty of things in this outstanding thriller that will be familiar to Bond fans, while at the same time Sherwood introduces some new elements that make the environment feel fresh and just a little bit different. . . It's the first of a projected trilogy, and volume two cannot come soon enough."" -- Booklist on Double or Nothing ""This entertaining James Bond pastiche, the authorized first in a projected trilogy, from British author Sherwood (Testament) introduces a diverse team of new 00 agents. . . [A] refreshing update on the venerable franchise. . .Readers will be curious to see what's next for her team in book two."" -- Publishers Weekly on Double or Nothing ""If you're looking for a great read that is as slick as it is smart, this book has it all. . . [Sherwood's] done the impossible: Shake up Bond more than any previous reboot has, and make this universe feel urgently relevant to the 21st century, while at the same time capturing the one thing that makes it all so appealing -- coolness. No matter what you read this year, nothing will make you feel cooler than Double or Nothing."" -- Fatherly"

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"Kim Sherwood is a novelist and a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. Her award-winning debut novel Testament was released in 2018, and in 2019, Kim was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her latest novel, A Wild & True Relation, was described by Dame Hilary Mantel as ""a rarity - a novel as remarkable for the vigour of the storytelling as for its literary ambition. Kim Sherwood is a writer of capacity, potency and sophistication."" Double or Nothing is the first in an acclaimed series of Double O novels expanding the world of James Bond."

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