On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceErnst Stavro Blofeld, head of the terrorist organization SPECTRE, is holed up in his Alpine base, conducting research into a terrifying biological weapon. 007's mission is to gain access to Blofeld's icy retreat and gather information vital to guaranteeing world safety.

’ – Observer

Just nine years old

' ANN CLEEVES

and Mount Vesuvius is preparing to make itself known

'Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive' JOANNA CANNON

FILLED WITH IMMENSE characters

Wilt is back - in form

During the course of their perilous quest

nowhere near where he was supposed to be - and the body in the driver's seat isn't his

it is as if an inner landscape has altered

a wonderful and life-affirming love story' JAMES HOLLAND

treachery and murder stretching back to war-torn Europe comes to a deadly climax beneath the ancient walls