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Meet James, a reasonably ordinary schoolboy destined to become the world’s most extraordinary secret agent. Orphaned at 11, he lives with his Aunt, Charmian Bond, in a small cottage in the hamlet of Pett Bottom, near Canterbury, Kent.
Young James is already fluent in French and German (due to time spent living abroad) when we encounter him, aged 13, on his first day at prestigious British public school, Eton College in 1933. Of Scottish and Swiss descent, tough and resourceful, he’s quick to make friends but a loner at heart. Determined not to be daunted by the centuries-old traditions of the place, James soon becomes a member of Eton’s elite Danger Club and quickly gets drawn into a series of explosive adventures. These take him to Scotland, Sardinia, the Caribbean, Mexico and Austria and help shape the man he is to become.
Thrown out of Eton in 1934, James briefly attends Dartington Hall, a progressive school in Devon, before joining his father’s alma mater, Fettes College in Edinburgh where more intrigue and danger await.
Before the name became a legend. Before the boy became a man. This is Bond. James Bond.
‘He was a new boy; tall for his age and slim, with pale, grey-blue eyes and black hair that he had tried to brush into a perfect, neat shape, but, as usual, failed. One stray lock dropped down over his right eye like a black comma.’
YOUNG BOND NEWS
THE AUDIO DRAMA
The Young Bond adventures are being made into a full-cast audio drama series by Ian Fleming Publications and Big Finish Productions. The collection kicks off with Charlie Higson’s SilverFin in September 2026 – sign up to receive mission briefings, exclusive updates and first-look information here.
SILVERFIN SPECIAL EDITION
Discover the special twentieth anniversary limited edition of SilverFin. With a new cover design, introduction and hand-written signature by Charlie Higson, it’s available exclusively here at our shop, in a series of just 300 copies.
YOUNG BOND BOOKS
The series includes five novels by Charlie Higson, four by Steve Cole and a graphic novel.
