Devil May Care

Faulks, famous for Charlotte Gray and Birdsong, was selected by the estate of the late 007-author, in 2006, to write the follow up Bond novel as Ian Fleming. Faulks' name was not revealed to the public until July 2007, when a publishing date for the work was officially announced, along with its title. Online and print sources erroneously stated that Devil May Care would be the first new James Bond novel published since 1966. In fact, dozens of full-length Bond novels had been published officially, between 1968 and 2002 by the authors Kingsley Amis (as "Robert Markham"), John Pearson, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, and Raymond Benson. In addition, Charlie Higson and Samantha Weinberg (as "Kate Westbrook") have been publishing Bond-related novels since 2005. Faulks' book is, however, the first novel to focus on the adult James Bond, as conceived by Fleming, since 2002's The Man with the Red Tattoo. It takes place in the time-frame of Fleming's original novels, the first such book since Amis' Colonel Sun (discounting the spin-off Young Bond and The Moneypenny Diaries lines). Devil May Care is also the first Bond novel to have a theme song - "Devil May Care" by SAL, which was released by way of a music video, as well as on the audio book version of the novel.