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Double or Nothing

door Kim Sherwood

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007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts are unknown. Meet the new generation of spies. Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. Together, they represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Skilled, determined and with a licence to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. The fate of the world rests in their hands. Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really? The new spies must uncover the truth, because the future of humanity hangs in the balance.… (meer)
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Double Or Nothing (2023) (00 World #1) by Kim Sherwood. What is a Bond novel without James running around in it? Read this book and find out.
I am a big fan of the James Bond novels, be they from the pen of Fleming, Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis), John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, Anthony Horowitz, or the “Young Bond” author Charlie Hinson. But now we have the “00” series beginning with this book and I have a problem.
The only trace of Bond in this book is the scent of where he has been. Missing for over a year, HQ is in a quandary as to closing the file on him or keeping hope alive. He has gone missing before and always managed to return in some, generally beat up, worn out or, in at least one case, in a brain washed condition. The hope is can he do it again but as the days pass that candle in the window is burning lower and lower.
Keep in mind all the earlier Bond books had but one main character and were generally told from his point of view. That singular look at the world is exploded here with many characters, encompassing a broad spectrum of “types” but trying to hit on most of them, and each offers their own strengths and weaknesses. As points of view vary you might feel a bit lost in the telling. Certainly there is a lot of action, but I never felt drawn to any of the main characters. It is as if “Corporate” decided to not offend anyone so had every persuasion of person possible included in this mix. While many may enjoy that, and even may have been applauding for a greater width of character rather than the average “straight white man, devil may care attitude, required to save the world” want ad of the past.
But sometimes you can overdo it, and this is one of those.
Instead of a Bond story, this is truly a 00 section story, and this book features far more 00s than any previous novel. There is 003, Johanna Harwood, who has been captured by the evil Rattenfanger organization, the same people who probably have 007. Sid Bashir is 009, in love with 003 and in the process of recovering her in whatever condition she might be in. 004 and 000 are also running around. Moneypenny for some reason is the new M, but why I can’t tell you. Bill Tanner must have felt outrage at this massive slight, but Ms. Sherwood manages to make what has happened to him so far look minuscule in comparison to what happens at the end of this tale.
There are so many things that have gone wrong with this book, and my hands are getting a little tired or writing bad news by this point, that I won’t go into further details. This is the first in a trio of books about the 00s and perhaps the author was just laying a groundwork for better things to come.
I doubt that even the new “Q” could figure a way out of this quagmire, but, as with the ending to this story, there is always hope for better things to come. ( )
  TomDonaghey | Aug 21, 2023 |
And attempted update of the James Bond universe and mythos since the fall slightly flat.

This is not bond as he will know him.

He is indeed only partly in this novel.

The narrative follows the activities of several other Dublo agents, and the new changes are MI6 mean that with the exception of the names, most of these characters, Wasim, unfamiliar to fans. This is good espionage fiction, but it’s not James Bond.

Not sure if I will read any further into the trilogy ( )
  aadyer | Jul 14, 2023 |
200 pages in, no Bond. Felix Leiter, Moneypenny, Q, M, etc., but no 007. No 007, no real reason to keep reading. But I did.

So really, this is like a friends of Bond book. Lots of double O's, but no 007. So, not really a James Bond book. And I read these books for James Bond. I highly doubt I'll finish this trilogy. ( )
  Stahl-Ricco | Apr 24, 2023 |
While I appreciate what Ian Fleming Publications and author Kim Sherwood were attempting here, creating a new take on a contemporary (or more accurately near-future) Double-O section without James Bond, it just doesn’t work for me. In short it’s all too much…

Two too many new Double-O agents so we get competing intermingled plot lines that are difficult to follow. Too many new characters, too many ideas, too many locations, too many flashbacks, too much back story, and way too many references and nods to the world of Bond that kept throwing me out of an already confusing narrative.

There’s a good spy adventure in here buried under a lot of extraneous text. I wish that Sherwood had just focused on the new 004, Joseph Dryden, and his mission providing us with a proper Fleming style adventure with a real sense of threat, place, and suspense. ( )
  gothamajp | Jan 9, 2023 |
Double 00's: Into the James Bond Multiverse*
Review of the HarperCollins Publishers UK hardcover edition (September 1, 2022) [the William Morrow US edition "Double or Nothing: A Double O Novel" appears to be delayed until April 11, 2023]

[3.5 but bumped up to 4 for its sheer ambition]
The James Bond continuation series has had quite a run since Ian Fleming's first novel "Casino Royale" in 1953. After the initial canon of 13 novels and 1 collection of novellas, in 70 years it has now reached at least as many as 41 novels. That is if you don't count the movie novelizations and the young James Bond prequels. After the Kingsley Amis one-off of "Colonel Sun" (James Bond #15, 1968), the series went into hiatus. Rebooted in 1981, it settled into extended runs by James Gardner (Bonds #16 to #29) and Raymond Benson (Bonds #30 to 35). A further group of one-offs followed for Bonds #36 to #38, and then the Anthony Horowitz trilogy (Bonds #39 to #41) brings us mostly up to date. Horowitz's final entry "With a Mind to Kill" (Bond #41) was published in May 2022.

See image at https://www.thejamesbonddossier.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/double-or-nothing...
The UK cover of "Double or Nothing" in a suitable James Bond-like beach setting. Image sourced from a review at The James Bond Dossier.

With Kim Sherwood's Double or Nothing, the 1st of an expected new trilogy, the Ian Fleming estate has taken a risk with the book franchise by allowing James Bond to become a secondary character in his own series. Sherwood instead uses three entirely separate Double 00 agents in place of 007. So we have Johanna Harwood as 003, Joseph Dryden as 004 and Sid Bashir as 009. The setup is that James Bond has been captured or killed and the rest of the Double 00's have to solve the world crises in his place, while also seeking clues as to his fate. Bond does make cameo appearances in the novel, but only in flashback scenes.

Sherwood goes much further than just having three Double 00 protagonists. She draws characters and names, plot tropes, back story and plants 'easter eggs' from the entire 70 years of Bond history. These are not only from the novels, but also from the extended universe of James Bond 007 films. There is a limited attempt to reconcile the time line, but all of the back story references to Bond are of a timeless nature where he is now in his mid-40s even if an actual person living all of the events back to and before 1953 would likely be in his 90s by now.

Some examples here: the Miss Moneypenny in Double or Nothing is now the Head of the Double 00 Section in place of M. This Moneypenny is drawn more from the 007 film world, where Moneypenny herself was once a Double 00. The most recent M is now head of MI-6, but is not the same as Vice-Admiral Miles Messervy who was the first M that Bond reported to in the original canon. The changing nature of "M" is thus also drawn from the films.

There are further shocks to come though. Q , the previous master of gadgetry who provided various devices and weapons to the Double-00's, is now an all-knowing and all-seeing quantum computer. This Q provides intelligence and monitors agent activities. In the case of Joseph Dryden 004 this is even by means of a cybernetic implant. The Secret Services computer is faced by an opposing quantum computer which is in the hands of the suspected mastermind villain Sir Bertram Paradise and a possible aligned mercenary force named Rattenfänger. The main plot involves a climate change scenario which is certainly topical.

For the long-time James Bond fan (I grew up with the original novels in my teenage years) there are plenty of tidbits and references to watch for and enjoy. Various favourite characters from the past make appearances as well (no spoilers here). Other aspects may be more frustrating though. A tic of naming various high-end watches on various characters seems like product placement advertising since the watches don't perform any Q like tricks. But there was always an element of brand name fetishization in the original novels as well, so Sherwood isn't that far off the mark. There is a tick-box nature to the Double-00s which perhaps gets into exaggerated diverse territory. So we have female, Muslim, black, homosexual, deaf / physically challenged Double-00s (not all in one character). It sure makes a difference though to have a homosexual love scene in a Double-00 novel.

Trivia and Link
* Yes, I stole the idea for the review lede from the films "Spider-man: Into the Multiverse" and "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness".

This review at The James Bond Dossier gives some background as to why the Ian Fleming estate is looking to diversify its character base, given that the original novels are soon falling into the public domain in every copyright zone, i.e. "Anyone will be able to write their own James Bond novel. Anyone will be able to republish one of the Fleming’s books." ( )
  alanteder | Oct 16, 2022 |
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007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts are unknown. Meet the new generation of spies. Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. Together, they represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Skilled, determined and with a licence to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. The fate of the world rests in their hands. Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really? The new spies must uncover the truth, because the future of humanity hangs in the balance.

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