""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 ..."" " " James Bond, in his early thirties and already a veteran of the Afghan war, has been recruited to a new organization. Conceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent of MI5, MI6 and the Ministry of Defense, its very existence deniable. Its aim: To protect the Realm, by any means necessary. A Night Action alert calls James Bond away from dinner with a beautiful woman. Headquarters has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: "Casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected." And Agent 007 has been given "carte blanche" to do whatever it takes to fulfill his mission . . . The new thriller by Master of the Mind Game JEFFERY DEAVER featuring JAMES BOND as you've never seen him before.