James Bond is dead! Unwittingly caught up in the glamorous, dangerous world of international espionage, Delphine, a former high-class escort, kills a foreign 'diplomat' after he tries to rape her. The Reluctant Assassin follows the mother of twin five-year-old girls in her global pursuit of a psychotic despot who attempts to take over the world by flooding it with mobile phones that never need recharging. If your nation signs a contract with the madman, you're safe. Refuse, and the nuclear-powered phones that offer unlimited power to run everything from heavy industry to the household toaster, can be turned into bombs at the flick of a switch. She assumes the mantle of 007 and crosses swords with the world's most-feared assassin while trying to rescue 1,000 Uyghur children trapped in a Chinese mine. Tales from the lock-down plague pit: Three stories written during Covid lockdown and interlinked. 2048: Demockracy. A teenage girl and a centenarian take on the might of Britain's 'progressive' Orwellian government where you can be imprisoned for your thoughts. Brass. A graphic erotic story of an international high-class hooker's dangerous liaisons. The Reluctant Assassin. The new 007 is a mother of twins on the trail of a megalomaniac bent on world domination via mobile phones.