M is dead. James Bond is in custody, accused of pulling the trigger.
But behind the Iron Curtain, a shadowy group of former SMERSH agents sees an opportunity: use Britain’s most infamous spy in a final, devastating operation. Bond is smuggled deep into enemy territory, a weapon primed for deployment—if they can control him.
But Bond’s loyalty isn’t easily manipulated. Neither is his guilt.
Haunted by his past and uncertain of his future, 007 walks a razor’s edge between duty and destruction. As buried secrets surface and trust crumbles, Bond must confront who he is—and whether that license to kill still belongs to him in a world that’s moved on.
Anthony Horowitz captures Bond in all his brutal, elegant complexity in this taut, cerebral thriller.
