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Ian Fleming
Publications have announced KING ZERO, a blockbuster new adult James
Bond novel from multi-million copy bestselling YOUNG BOND creator
Charlie Higson. It will be published in the UK on September 24, 2026,
by Penguin Michael Joseph.
Beginning with the
murder of an agent in Saudi Arabia by a weapon never before seen by
the Secret Service and spanning the globe in an epic race against time
to avert global catastrophe, the novel brings the literary Bond
squarely into the twenty-first century, where the old world that made
him is crumbling and a terrifying new order emerges while a dangerous
villain – the most distinctive since Goldfinger – moves in the
shadows. Higson explores themes of power, technology, and
international tensions over resources in an extraordinarily timely
story.
“Having warmed up with my YOUNG BOND series, and the short story, ON
HIS MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, I’m beyond excited to be writing my
first full blown adult Bond adventure. 20 years after first writing
“The name’s Bond, James Bond,” it still sends shivers down my spine
every time I type it. I’m having a blast with this new novel, which is
absolutely set in the modern world, and I hope will sit comfortably on
the airport bookshelves alongside other contemporary thrillers. It
embraces the worlds of both the literary Bond and the cinematic Bond,
and my bad guy has all the elements we expect from a classic Bond
villain, with a twist that’s not been done before.” – Charlie Higson. |
