Carte Blanche

The New James Bond Novel

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Toby Stephens

Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much anymore. There's thinking, in some circles,that we need to play by a different set of rules too....

Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. Conceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, its very existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary. The Night Action alert calls Bond from dinner with a beautiful woman. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected.

And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfill his mission.

©2011 Jeffrey Deaver (P)2011 Simon & Schuster Audio

Great sound very well executed

Toby Stephens should be James Bond instead he was bad boy in Die Another Day.

Wonderful

Excellent. I loved all the different voices and accents. The story was made full engrossing by Toby Stephens' performance.

Wonderful

Very nice action-oriented novel. Mr. Deaver was successful in making James Bond three-dimensional. I really enjoyed his take on this classic character. Toby Stephens, as well, has done a remarkable job in reading this -- an excellent job. Great job!

Entertaining read

Great bond adventure and an interesting take on the character. It was very cool to see bond in an actual undercover scenario doing classic investigative work

Great listen

good suspense lots of twists, well written. one of the better bond books that I have read

In Consideration

2022 Bond May have died on the big screen, thus As do Cate Blanche, Bond is dead. Long live James Bond

007 Reboot-Like a good martini . . .

I was a little skeptical of this book as I can't recall ever reading a prior Bond book. However, I have been a Jeffery Deaver fan for quite some time. I found this to be a thoroughly enjoyable read-listen. I liked the Bond reboot aspects of the book and felt the Deaver did a very admirable job with the character and his background. The plot was a bit formulaic; but, that is what I was expecting and I was not disappointed. When you want a Bond-type story; that's what you want and like. Finally, I very much enjoyed the narrator. He really brought the characters to life for me. In the last year, I've become an audio book fan and this was as enjoyable a listen as I've had. The narrator makes a big difference. Bravo Mr. Stephens. I'm looking forward to Deaver's next installment of the new 007!

MODERNIZED BOND, JAMES BOND !!!

I really wanted to love this book who doesn't love the quintessential secret agent James Bond. Overall i liked the book and am now looking forward to a continuation of the series. All the characters were back again, Bond, M, Q and Moneypenny but brought smoothly into the 21st century. Jeffrey Deaver is to be admired for delivering the feel of the original Ian Fleming novels a task which had to be a phenomenal challenge. The narration could have been better, Simon Vance would have been my choice if he is available.
All in all, the The debonair spy is back with the best weapons, drink, food, cars and. of course, women.

Nice reboot of the 007 franchise novels

Great spy book. Nice way to add a different wrinkle to the Bond mythos. The narration was nicely done and paced well.

Excellent listen

second time through. narration outstanding. Bond also at his best. I look forward to the next edition.