Zero Minus Ten (First UK Edition, signed by the author)

Raymond Benson

ISBN 10: 0340684488 / ISBN 13: 9780340684481

Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1997

About this Item

First UK Edition, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Raymond Benson's first James Bond novel. Pages with faint toning, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 170015

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zero Minus Ten (First UK Edition, signed by the author)
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340684488
• ISBN 13: 9780340684481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: dj
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • James Bond
  • Autograph Material
  • Mystery and Crime

About this title

Synopsis

The clock is ticking for Hong Kong. On July 1, 1997, the British Crown Colony will be handed over to the People's Republic of China. But hopes for a peaceful transition are shattered when a series of terrorist acts threatens the fragile relationship between Britain and China. A solicitor from London is killed by a car bomb; a British "offcer" retaliates by assassinating two officials visiting from Beijing; an explosion eliminates the elite of a major British corporation. With ten days of British sovereignty left, James Bond is dispatched to Hong Kong to investigate these incidents and avert a political crisis that could jeopardize the upcoming historical event. He suspects there are connections with the nefarious Chinese underworld Triad. But the truth is difficult to uncover. Bond must navigate a startling maze of characters - a suspicious British taipan, a sinister Triad leader, a sadistic Chinese general, and an exotic dancer with alluring, seductive skills - before exposing a fiendish plot of revenge, with roots reaching back more than a century and a half.

About the Author

SIMON VANCE is a prolific and popular audiobook narrator and actor with several hundred audiobooks to his credit. An AudieŽ Award-winner, Vance was recently named "The Voice of Choice" by Booklist magazine.

Raymond Benson is the author of The Facts of Death, Zero Minus Ten, High Time to Kill and the novelizations of Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. He is a director of The Ian Fleming Foundation. Benson lives and works in the Chicago area.