'The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much any more. There's thinking, in some circles, that we need to play by a different set of rules too ...' Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. Conceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, its very existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary. The Night Action alert calls Bond from dinner with a beautiful woman. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected. And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfil his mission.

杰弗里．迪弗 Jeffery Deaver

悬疑小说之王，全球顶级畅销的作家。

从小热爱伊恩•佛莱明的007小说，由此获得灵感，在11岁写了第一部小说。迪弗曾在华尔街工作数年，如今已完成两本短篇小说集与28本小说，是全球畅销书排行榜的常客，翻译成35种语言，在150个国家发行。他的作品好评无数，曾获得一次安东尼小说奖提名、三次艾勒里•奎因在线杂志读者票选最佳短篇小说奖、六次爱伦•坡奖提名等多项大奖。其中《人骨拼图》曾改编成同名电影，由丹泽尔•华盛顿和安吉拉•朱莉主演。

2004年以《野兽花园》获得英国犯罪小说作家协会最佳惊悚小说伊恩•佛莱明钢匕首奖。这次获奖也促成了迪弗和007电影基金会合作，接下写作《自由裁决》重任的机缘。

和邦德一样，迪弗也喜欢跑车、滑雪和威士忌。