The book “Young Bond: By Royal Command” by Charlie Higson is out in stores now.
“Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school – and his country. Forced to flee from Eton to Austria, James must leave behind everything he knows, with only a beautiful – and dangerous – girl by his side. Soon he is trapped in a deadly war of secrets and lies, as a nightmare reunion with a bitter enemy plunges him once more into the face of death. Life for James Bond will never be the same again.”
The Penguin blog is inviting readers to become James Bond and try out an online game titled ‘The Shadow War’.
We also found a murder mystery game for 8 daring role players.
It’s called ‘The Little Engine That Could Kill.’ The game consists of 8short stories, each of which details the perspective of a character who may have been involved in a somewhat gory murder that has occurred on a transcontinental train in 1932. Everybody reads a story and then plays their character as they wish, using what they know to try to figure out who did it. The true murderer, of course, must lie to avoid being caught. The characters are over-the-top and super-suspicious, and, the plot is ridiculously complicated – nobody we’ve seen has been able to figure out the whole thing so far. We’ve posted it free on Scribd under a CC license. Hope you enjoy!”