The explosive first book in the bestselling Young Bond series, with a new introduction from the author. Before the name became a legend. Before the boy became a man ... Meet Bond. James Bond. There's something in the water at Loch Silverfin. Something that must be kept secret. Something deadly ... It's James Bond's first day at Eton, and he's already met his first enemy. This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin and a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare. 'Good, gritty and funny . . . Very clever, Bond, very clever indeed' Daily Mail 'A page-turning adventure that will get the hairs standing up on the back of your neck' Sunday Express