JAMES BOND RACES
AGAINST A COUNTDOWN TO TERROR IN
TRIGGER MORTIS
Anthony Horowitz
lifts lid on title of new 007 novel and
announces “Pussy
Galore is back!”
Anthony
Horowitz reveals today (28th May), on what would have been James Bond creator
Ian Fleming’s 107th birthday, that his forthcoming official 007 adventure is to
be titled Trigger Mortis. In a move
that will whet the appetite of fans worldwide and is unprecedented among recent
Bond novels – the contents have always been shrouded in mystery until
publication – Horowitz divulges that the secret agent’s new adventure begins in
1957, two weeks after the events of Fleming’s Goldfinger. Horowitz places Bond in the middle of the
Soviet-American Space Race as the United States prepares for a critical rocket
launch, and brings back the most famous Bond Girl of all: Pussy Galore!
Horowitz
is the latest contemporary novelist to tackle literature’s greatest action
hero, and the first toplace his work directly within Fleming’s original canon.
As well as Pussy Galore, the book features: brand new Bond Girl Jeopardy Lane;
Jai Seung Sin, a sadistic, scheming Korean adversary hell-bent on vengeance;
and breathless, globe-trotting adventure. Uniquely among latter-day Bond
authors, Horowitz has included original Ian Fleming material: a treatment for Murder on Wheels, an episode of a
television series that was never made. Fleming’s text sees Bond in the
high-octane world of motor racing and it is his never-used plot that kicks off
the action of Trigger Mortis.
Anthony Horowitz said: “It was always
my intention to go back to the true Bond, which is to say, the Bond that
Fleming created and it was a fantastic bonus having some original, unseen
material from the master to launch my story. I was so glad that I was allowed
to set the book two weeks after my favourite Bond novel, Goldfinger, and I’m delighted that Pussy Galore is back! It was
great fun revisiting the most famous Bond Girl of all - although she is by no
means the only dangerous lady in Trigger
Mortis. I hope fans enjoy it. My aim was to make this the most authentic
James Bond novel anyone could have written.”
Like
previous new James Bond adventures, Trigger
Mortis was commissioned and
authorised by Ian Fleming Publications and the
Ian Fleming Estate. Lucy Fleming, the
niece of Ian Fleming, said: “What a brilliant birthday present for Ian -
Anthony has written a James Bond book with a nail-biting adventure that could
have come from Ian’s own typewriter. Anthony has cleverly incorporated Ian’s
original ideas in to his own plot to produce a Bond book to remember.”
Jon Wood, Orion Publisher, said:
“Anthony has delivered a stunning novel: non-stop action, a deadly, deranged
opponent, and not one but two fantastic Bond women. His genius is to
brilliantly capture the essence of a Fleming original and give it a 21st century
edge. James Bond fans, and Anthony Horowitz fans, will absolutely love Trigger Mortis.”
One
of the country’s most successful writers, the prolific Anthony Horowitz has
over 40 books to his name. He has written two official Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty, to both critical acclaim and
commercial success, and his bestselling teen spy series, Alex Rider, has sold over 19 million copies. As a TV screenwriter
he created both Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyles War. His play, Dinner with Saddam, opens at the Menier
Chocolate Factory in September.
Trigger Mortis will be published on 8th September by Orion
Publishing.
For media enquiries please contact Jon Howells, Katie Brown or Lija
Kresowaty at Riot Communications on 020 3174 0118;
jon@riotcommunications.com / 07766 396 844;
katie@riotcommunications.com / 07748 592 813; and lija@riotcommunications.com /
07557 373 026
Official hashtag: #triggermortis
NOTES
TO EDITORS
Anthony Horowitz
Horowitz
is one of the country’s most successful writers, working across many media
forms, including books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. His most recent
book, Moriarty, was the follow-up to
his first official Sherlock Holmes novel The
House of Silk: both were Sunday Times
Top 10 bestsellers. As well as his bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, the first of which was
adapted into the 2006 feature film Stormbreaker,
his other work for children includes the series The Power of Five and The
Diamond Brothers. Further screenwriting credits include Poirot and the widely acclaimed
mini-series Collision and Injustice. Horowitz is on the board of
the Old Vic and regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers
and magazines. In 2014 he was awarded an OBE for his services to literature. He
lives in London.
James Bond Books
· Over
100 million James Bond books have been sold worldwide.
· Ian
Fleming wrote 14 James Bond books: Casino
Royale (1953); Live and Let Die
(1954); Moonraker (1955); Diamonds Are Forever (1956); From Russia with Love (1957); Dr. No (1958); Goldfinger (1959); For Your
Eyes Only (1960); Thunderball (1961);
The Spy Who Loved Me (1962); On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963); You Only Live Twice (1964); The Man With The Golden Gun (1965); and Octopussy and The Living Daylights
(1966).
·
Fleming’s other works include the children’s favourite Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964), which was made into a film and
stage musical; The Diamond Smugglers
(1957); and a collection of travel writings called Thrilling Cities (1963).
·
Vintage Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House, currently holds the
license to publish Ian Fleming’s entire James Bond backlist in print and ebook
format, along with Fleming’s two non-fiction titles in the English language
worldwide excluding USA/Canada.
·
Other previous authors of official James Bond novels include: Kingsley Amis,
John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver and William
Boyd.
·
Steve Cole is the author of the new series of ‘Young Bond’ books, the first of
which, Shoot to Kill, was published
by Doubleday in 2014.
Ian Fleming Publications Ltd and The Ian
Fleming Estate
· Ian
Fleming Publications Ltd. is run by the Fleming family and owns the copyright
in Ian Fleming’s fiction and non-fiction books. The Ian Fleming Estate is also
run by the Fleming family and owns the copyright in Ian Fleming’s personal
letters, some journalism and other non-Bond writing. www.ianfleming.com
Orion Publishing Group:
· The
Orion Publishing Group is one of the UK’s leading publishers with a list of
award-winning fiction and nonfiction under three main imprints: Orion Books,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Gollancz.
·
Orion Books has an excellent record of Sunday Times Top Ten Bestsellers. The
Orion fiction list encompasses crime and thrillers, contemporary women’s
fiction and historical novels. Major authors include: Linwood Barclay, Maeve
Binchy, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, Anthony Horowitz, Erica James, Cathy
Kelly, Kate Mosse and Ian Rankin. The Orion Publishing Group is part of Hachette
UK, which is a leading UK trade publishing group. Hachette UK is owned by
Hachette Livre, the world’s second largest trade and educational publisher
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