Book description
The Castle of Death shelters a poisoned garden, curated by a
criminal mastermind and set atop a rocky Japanese island.
Bond is shattered by the murder of his wife at the hands of
Ernst Stavro Blofeld but M. gives him one last chance. To save his
job, James Bond needs to infiltrate and destroy the Castle of Death in
exchange for top-secret Japanese intelligence
007 must learn the skills of ninja warriors and face his ultimate
enemy in a battle to the death.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. His first job was
at Reuters news agency after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker
before working in Naval Intelligence during the Second World War. His
first novel,
Casino Royale
, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to
write thirteen other Bond books as well as two works of non-fiction and
the children's classic
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
. The Bond books have sold over sixty million copies and earned praise
from figures such as Raymond Chandler who called Fleming 'the most
forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England' and President
Kennedy who named
From Russia with Love
as one of his favourite books. The books inspired a hugely successful
series of film adaptations which began in 1962 with the release of
Dr No
, starring Sean Connery as 007. Fleming was married to Anne Rothermere
with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964. www. ianfleming. com
