'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.

傑弗裏．迪弗 Jeffery Deaver

懸疑小說之王，全球頂級暢銷的作傢。

從小熱愛伊恩•佛萊明的007小說，由此獲得靈感，在11歲寫瞭第一部小說。迪弗曾在華爾街工作數年，如今已完成兩本短篇小說集與28本小說，是全球暢銷書排行榜的常客，翻譯成35種語言，在150個國傢發行。他的作品好評無數，曾獲得一次安東尼小說奬提名、三次艾勒裏•奎因在綫雜誌讀者票選最佳短篇小說奬、六次愛倫•坡奬提名等多項大奬。其中《人骨拼圖》曾改編成同名電影，由丹澤爾•華盛頓和安吉拉•硃莉主演。

2004年以《野獸花園》獲得英國犯罪小說作傢協會最佳驚悚小說伊恩•佛萊明鋼匕首奬。這次獲奬也促成瞭迪弗和007電影基金會閤作，接下寫作《自由裁決》重任的機緣。

和邦德一樣，迪弗也喜歡跑車、滑雪和威士忌。