Trigger Mortis Trigger Mortis Trigger Mortis is a 2015 James Bond novel written by Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned by the estate of Bond's creator Ian Fleming, which was published on 8 September 2015. The book is set in 1957 against the backdrop of the Space Race, and begins two weeks after the events of "Goldfinger". The novel is the third in the current-era literary series to be set during the original timeline created by Fleming since 1968's "Colonel Sun" (following "Devil May Care" by Sebastian Faulks and "Solo" by William Boyd) and sees the return of Bond girl Pussy Galore, who made
Young Bond the longest James Bond short story yet written. On 9 October 2013 Ian Fleming Publications announced that a new series of four Young Bond books were in development, written by Astrosaurs creator, Steve Cole. Cole's novels will follow on from Higson's last entry, "By Royal Command" and the aftermath of Bond's expulsion from Eton. The first novel will be published in the UK by Random House in the autumn of 2014. A lifelong fan of the original Bond novels, Cole described the task as "a thrilling privilege and an exciting challenge". In an interview with the "Bucks Herald", Cole confirmed