Before the name became a legend. Before the boy became a man. James Bond has discovered danger. An Eton boy's family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a hidden corner of the school. And far from England, in the bandit-infested interior of Sardinia, a sinister Italian count has built himself a mountain fortress. Is there a connection? Young Bond is about to find out - and face a lethal group of villains beneath the burning Mediterranean sun. 'An action adventure with lots of fights . . . a driving plot that you have to see resolved.' Sunday Times 'Takes the reader by the throat.' Observer