Hurricane Room

Double O Trilogy #3

by Kim Sherwood

James Bond returns in the final installment of Kim Sherwood’s thrilling Double O Trilogy, and he must team up with the rest of the Double O Section to stop a threat from inside the agency itself.

Bond is alive

But after mental and physical torture at the hands of Colonel Mora, the diabolical head of private military company Rattenfänger, 007 is not the same man he once was. Has the unbreakable agent finally been broken? Or is MI6’s most lethal spy simply waiting for the right moment to exact revenge? Johanna Harwood, 003, has made it her mission to convince him to trust her again, because MI6 needs their deadliest weapon now more than ever...

There’s a traitor inside the gates

Bond may be back, but the Double O division is barely holding on. Conrad Harthrop-Vane, 000, has turned traitor. He has been systematically taking out his fellow agents right under the noses of those in power, and now he has abducted Moneypenny. To make matters worse, he may have had help from inside the organization. Joseph Dryden, 004, is left to hold down the fort in Moneypenny’s absence, but enemies are closing in on all sides.

The final showdown is about to begin

Rattenfänger is planning a cyberattack on an unimaginable scale— one that would sever the internet, leaving the Western world at Mora’s mercy. It’s up to Bond, the rest of the Double O’s, and a few other trusted allies to unmask the traitors working with Mora. Can they save the world—and the soul of 007?

Audible Audio

Expected publication May 19, 2026

About the author

Kim Sherwood is an author and creative writing lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, where she lives in the city. Kim Sherwood’s first novel, Testament (2018), won the Bath Novel Award and Harper’s Bazaar Big Book Award. It was longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize and shortlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Pick. In 2019, she was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her second book, Double or Nothing (2022), is the first in a trilogy commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to expand the world of James Bond. Her next novel, A Wild & True Relation, was described by Hilary Mantel as “a rarity – a novel as remarkable for the vigour of the storytelling as for its literary ambition. Kim Sherwood is a writer of capacity, potency and sophistication.”

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hurricane Room: Or How I Learned James Bond Isn't the Only One Who Can Save the World (And Look Good Doing It)

Look, I need to confess something: I'm am a huge James Bond fan. *I've seen all the movies. Read all the books. Wrote reviews on them too. For the last three years, I have eagerly followed Kim Sherwood's Double-O trilogy. It is a series where Bond goes missing. Other Double-O agents have to save the day. It's like finding out your favorite restaurant has a whole secret menu you never knew about. If you're anything like me, you would definitely order everything on a secret menu. Obviously.

The Setup (Bond Is Gone, Everyone Panic)

Here's the deal: This is the third and final book in the trilogy. James Bond has been missing for the last two books. The Ian Fleming Estate recruited Kim Sherwood—a hardcore Bond fan and fantastic writer—to answer the question, "What if 007 wasn't around and MI6 had to rely on their OTHER highly-trained operatives?" Which, honestly, seems like good organizational planning.

Meet Your New Double-O Agents (They're Better Than You Think)

The star of this show is Johanna Harwood, 003, who is somehow even more badass than Bond himself. Is that possible? APPARENTLY. There's a scene where she outsmarts and survives a band of soldiers while NAKED in a RUSSIAN FOREST. Let me repeat that: naked, Russian forest, multiple armed soldiers. And she wins.

Then there's Joseph Dryden, 004, who's basically holding down MI6 while everything falls apart around him. And Conrad Harthrop-Vane, 000—yes, TRIPLE-O—who has turned traitor and is systematically taking out his fellow agents. *That's a terrible employee.* The worst! Someone needs to talk to HR.

## Bond Is Back (But Is He Really?)

So Bond does return in this book? Spoiler alert-----> I guess. But it's literally in the description. After being tortured by Colonel Mora, the head of a private military company called Rattenfänger. *Great name. Very villain-y.* Right? Bond has been through mental and physical torture, and he's not the same guy. Has the unbreakable agent finally been broken? Or is he just waiting for the right moment to go full Bond on everyone?

Johanna has made it her mission to get Bond to trust her again, because MI6 needs him. There's a traitor inside the agency, Moneypenny has been abducted, and Rattenfänger is planning a cyberattack that would basically shut down the entire internet and leave the Western world at their mercy. *No internet? That's the real horror story.* Finally, a threat I can truly understand.

Why This Works (Surprisingly Well)

Here's what I loved: Kim Sherwood clearly knows and loves this world. You can feel it on every page. The action is Bond-level spectacular—chases, fights, espionage, gadgets, the whole deal. But what really got me was that I actually cared about these new Double-O agents. They're not just Bond substitutes; they're fully realized characters with their own skills, flaws, and reasons for existing.

The mystery of what happened to Bond carries through the trilogy and gets resolved here in ways that feel earned. The traitor plot kept me guessing. *Did you guess right?* Absolutely not, but that's kind of the point of a mystery. And the final showdown has everything you want: high stakes, clever spy work, emotional payoffs, and enough action to make you forget you're sitting on your couch in sweatpants.

The "I Want This as a Film Series" Factor

And here's the thing: this SHOULD be a film series. Or a TV show. Or something. These characters deserve to be on screen. Johanna Harwood navigating a Russian forest while naked and armed with nothing but her wits? That's cinema, baby. Who doesn't want to see more spy movies? Well, I WANT TO SEE *THESE* SPY MOVIES.

The book balances multiple storylines. Bond's recovery and revenge, the hunt for the traitor, the race to stop the cyberattack, Moneypenny's abduction. Somehow it manages to keep all the plates spinning without dropping any. That's hard to do. I've read books that can't juggle two plotlines without everything collapsing.

The Verdict

"Hurricane Room" is the final installment in an excellent trilogy, and even coming in cold at book three, I had a great time. Kim Sherwood has expanded the Bond universe in ways that feel both fresh and respectful of the source material. The action is top-notch. The characters are compelling. The stakes feel real. And most importantly, it made me care about what happens to people other than Bond in this world.

If you're a Bond fan and you haven't read this trilogy, you're missing out on something special. If you're NOT a Bond fan but like spy thrillers with great characters and clever plotting, give it a shot anyway.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go stand in my backyard and pretend I'm surviving in a Russian forest.