By Royal Command Review
By Charlie Smith / Spinebreakers Crew
The latest and final edition to the Young Bond series, By Royal Command, is a thrilling conclusion to the adventures of James' youth.
It takes place in England and Austria and is very well written.
The book starts with James travelling to join his classmates on a school trip to the Austrian alps. He is entertaining himself by gambling with some Hitler Youth. (the book is set after WWI but before WWII) And, naturally, he is winning. He gets into a squabble with one of the bigger boys who has lost all of his travel money and ends up exiting the train hurriedly. In Austria, James saves a boys life while they are Skiing and by doing so comes in contact with a main "baddie" in hospital.
Once the excitement dies down and they have returned to Eaton, things start taking a turn for the worst. James feels he is being followed and regularly sees "a man in a trilby" following him.
All is not bad though, James and his friends have finally finished repairing the Bentley and Roan, the new boys nurse is a beautiful and intriguing Bond Girl. But is she hiding something from James?
Soon after he uncovers an intricate plot by some old and new villains to blow up the most important man in England - The King!
Can James stop them in time and also save himself?
Will he have to make sacrifices of those he loves to succeed?
And most of all, can he save the world?
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action, mystery or thriller genres over an age of 11.
It is almost defiantly my favourite Young Bond yet and I wish there could be more!
I loved it and give it 8 and 1/2 out of 10.