Puffin has released an international trade paperback edition of Charlie Higson’s fifth Young Bond novel, By Royal Command.

International paperbacks (also called “Open Market editions”) are printed in limited numbers for distribution in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

This paperback By Royal Command is similar to the UK hardcover in design, although it does lack the imprinted endpapers which conceal the secret code necessary to complete the Young Bond alternate reality game, The Shadow War (but fans can see the code HERE).

By Royal Command finds James Bond in action from England to the chilling heights of the Austrian Alps. Says Charlie, “It’s a great way to finish off the series, and at the end of it we really feel that James is poised for the next phase of his life.

Thanks to our friends at Puffin for supplying a copy.