1964: James Bond's creator Ian Fleming, himself a World War IIBritish Naval Intelligence officer, seals a manuscript intendedfor a future reader whom he must trust will serve the truthdecades later....

2005: An American academic is summoned to Ireland to claim a strange inheritance -- a memoir, penned by the famous author, details information so confidential, so potentially explosive, that people on both sides of the Atlantic are willing to kill to maintain its secrecy.

In a gripping suspense debut, Mitch Silver brings to life IanFleming's world of spies, passion, and danger in this compelling historical mystery crafted inside a heart-pounding contemporary thriller. Featuring Winston Churchill, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Princess Diana, and others, the story culminates in an electrifying chase sparked by a long-hidden conspiracy.......