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#1 volante

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 06:08 PM

Can you keep a secret?

The New Fan Fic by Volante

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE
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If a teardrop held a secret
and it fell upon the ground
it would soak into the earth
and wait there to be found

and when you find that secret, you become it's lover.
You can never let it leave your heart
You can never tell another

But when a man knows a secret
and it burns upon his skin
he must tell it he must sell it
he must purge himself of sin

and when you keep that secret, you become it's slave.
You can never tell another soul
You must take it to the grave

Edited by volante, 15 January 2010 - 05:06 PM.


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Posted 09 January 2010 - 06:23 PM

Very nice poetry trailer! Most intriguing! B)

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 08:30 PM

Lovely poem B)

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Posted 10 January 2010 - 06:10 PM

Lovely poem B)


Thank-you Miss Goodnight; and wecome on board. I think you will go far on this message board.

The piece was never intended to be a poem.
It started out as a conversation, but I then saw the opportunity to write a little poetry.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Please feel free to read, and comment on my current story BOMBSHELL

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 05:43 PM



I think this would make a great Bond theme.
I've been playing it a lot as I'm jotting down the latest ideas for

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 10:14 PM

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 01:16 AM



I think this would make a great Bond theme.
I've been playing it a lot as I'm jotting down the latest ideas for

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE


Agreed. Coco1997 suggested it to me as a possible candidate for the themetune for For Queen and Country but I went with a different song that I'd had in mind in the end.

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Posted 26 January 2010 - 06:54 PM

Very nice poetry trailer! Most intriguing! B)

It's certainly different I grant you.
The idea came from a piece of dialog.

Still, at the moment, the story is just at the "Ideas" stage. I will start the serious stuff in March, after some well enjoyed Rest and Relaxation in...

...now that's another secret

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 07:26 PM

FACT stranger than fiction. I have just finished watching the BBC news; which featured a report from London, where a conference is taking place to discuss the deepening concern for the Yemen. Dateline 27/01/2010

And with that in mind I present to you the Back Jacket Synopsis for my latest Fan Fic offering

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE



Against a backdrop of increased terrorist activity; and with only seven years of financially viable oil reserves remaining; the beguiled country of Yemen is fast becoming a troubled land.

James Bond and Government official, Elizabeth Loverseed arrive in the claustrophobic environment of insecurity and fear; where foreign governments are hard at work, jostling for investors and future influence.

Bond’s mission is to investigate rumours that a Houthi leader, Khaled Al-Wazir has amassed a great cache of arms.

But the mission is compromised when an elderly man presents himself at the British Embassy in Sana’a, claiming to know a secret he will share only with the Ambassador.

Elizabeth sees an opportunity to enhance her reputation.
But when he is spirited away, it’s clear there's a great deal more at stake than a young woman’s career.

The man, it would seem, holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plot destined to open the very gates of hell.


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Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:08 PM

Very topical whencan we expect to be reading about it?

Great plot line after the fun we all had with Jenifer Foxwell I can see some fun ang games with Elizabeth Loverseed lol

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Posted 06 February 2010 - 12:53 PM

Very topical whencan we expect to be reading about it?

Great plot line after the fun we all had with Jenifer Foxwell I can see some fun ang games with Elizabeth Loverseed lol


Like Bond 23 there is no set date as yet.

I've suprised myself with some plot lines on this idea so far. and I will be taking pad and pen on holiday, so the real work will commence in March.

Elizabeth's character was very easy to establish; In my head I see Rachale Weiz or Helena Bonham Carter delivering the dialog (and suprisingly both look the same doing itlol)

The PTS is just a one line concept

but Chapter one is written completely

Chapter two is a mixture of both.

Once Bombshell is consigned to the Fan Fic pages, I will start the long lonely process of imagining myself (sorry DC) in the various locations.

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Posted 06 February 2010 - 01:08 PM

The first casting for A Secret to the Grave

Aston Martin IS back

Bond's new car will be the Aston Martin DBS Volante (why oh why have I not thought about it before????)

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 08:38 PM

Now that is one cool car, hope he gets to drive it more to the Spyker lol

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Posted 02 March 2010 - 08:06 PM

Can you keep a secret?

Sometimes a secret is whispered between lovers.

It started with EDGE OF TREASON
- launched on CBn 1st of May 2008 Downloaded 1649 times.
Written during the build up to Quantum of Solace, the story is a rough continuation to Casino Royale. As Bond pursues Mr. White and his organisation, he is also plunged into the mystery surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

James Bond must choose either to follow orders or take his revenge on the man that betrayed Vesper.

On the ensuing mission, he uncovers the names of the conspirators, responsible for one of the UK’s most enduring mysteries.

Bond must decide, either to suppress the evidence and allow his nemesis to become the World’s most powerful criminal or expose the guilty and risk becoming an enemy of the state.

The action takes Bond from the high Alps of Switzerland to the very edge of treason.

Edited by volante, 07 March 2010 - 01:40 PM.


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Posted 05 March 2010 - 06:05 PM

Can you keep a secret?

Sometimes secrets are sold

It continued with SILHOUETTES AND SHADOWS
- launched on CBn 22nd Sep 2008 Downloaded 3010 times


When an otherwise impeccable financial source funds a biological weapons transaction…

…James Bond is sent to investigate the mysterious new owner of the Swiss bank responsible…

…and uncovers a powerful secret organisation that has its roots enmeshed in the Third Reich and its sights set on challenging the superpowers of today.

The race is on to stop the weapon being deployed, but who can Bond trust?

A disgraced DOJ agent wanted by the FBI

An Israeli scientist at odds with the CIA

Even his old friend Felix Leiter cannot be relied upon in a world controlled by silhouettes and shadows.

Edited by volante, 07 March 2010 - 01:40 PM.


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Posted 07 March 2010 - 01:39 PM

Can you keep a secret?

Some people will reveal a secret in order to save themselves.

The standard of Fan Fic continued to raise with TO KILL AND DIE FOR
- launched on CBn 11th April 2009 Downloaded 2615 times

A bitter Kremlin power struggle endangers Europe's oil and gas supplies.

After an attempt on his life, former KGB spy master
Vladimir Chenko turns to MI6 for protection.

M knows she must send her best agent to eliminate the killer hell bent on fulfilling his contract.
Failure now could lengthen the shadow of war across the globe.

Old friends; new enemies and a sadistic killer make this mission the toughest yet for 007

In Ornella, James Bond discovers a resolve to trust and lie for.
In Stasi, he finds the trail of death and destruction as a just cause to kill or die for.

Edited by volante, 07 March 2010 - 01:40 PM.


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Posted 16 March 2010 - 07:34 PM

Can you keep a secret?

and some people will take their secrets to the grave

The standard of Fan Fics continues to rise with BOMBSHELL
-launched on CBn 1st December 2009 Downloaded 2528 times


From the depths of the Baltic Sea, a Royal Naval submarine intercepts
a single covert transmission; revealing the existence of a Russian spy
as that of a prominent UK Banker.

James Bond embarks on a mission to determine the fate of the suspect.
But soon discovers he is not alone in his search.

As the World prepares for war, its fate hangs on the questions
posed by a Church of death and a man of vision

When Bond discovers the answers, he is propelled
on a roller coaster ride to stop a disaster of biblical proportions.

As time runs out, the odds against Bond grow longer,
until he is forced to take the ultimate gamble.

“To gamble everything is dangerous, Mr. Bond”
“But the Double 0 gives me the best odds”
“Odds can change, Mr. Bond”
“But my number remains the same”
“Then I guess you’re a dangerous man, Mr. Bond”
“Then I guess you’re right”
“I can see now you’re a double 0 man, Mr. Bond”
“Then you know why I’m here”

Edited by volante, 16 March 2010 - 07:35 PM.


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Posted 20 March 2010 - 09:04 AM

Can you keep a secret?

Mr. Manic and Bee, escaped at the end of BOMBSHELL...

...Guess where they turn up next?


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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:50 PM

"Can you keep a secret?" He gasped, his eyes searched for the answer within her face

"What secret?" she asked, trying to keep the conversation going, trying to buy time.

"It is a knowledge that is kept hidden" something passed across his face; something more than the pain he felt.

"Yes" she answered, keeping the sorrow out of her voice. She nodded, encouraging him.

He took hold of her blouse, gripping it in his hand. She shivered, at his touch.
"Come closer" he said, in no more than a whisper.
"Come closer, and I will explain"

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:54 AM

"Can you keep a secret?" He gasped, his eyes searched for the answer within her face

"What secret?" she asked, trying to keep the conversation going, trying to buy time.

"It is a knowledge that is kept hidden" something passed across his face; something more than the pain he felt.

"Yes" she answered, keeping the sorrow out of her voice. She nodded, encouraging him.

He took hold of her blouse, gripping it in his hand. She shivered, at his touch.
"Come closer" he said, in no more than a whisper.
"Come closer, and I will explain"


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Posted 02 April 2010 - 12:04 PM

Hero and Villian

A Secret to the Grave


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Posted 11 April 2010 - 02:03 PM

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James Bond + Top Gear = the next mode of transport for 007...
...and on that Bombshell

Can you keep a secret?

I joined CBn 11/04/2008
To kill and Die For was launched 11/04/2009
now work 11/04/2010 "A secret to the Grave" begins

Edited by volante, 11 April 2010 - 02:09 PM.


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Posted 14 April 2010 - 08:26 PM

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE - The cover

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 07:35 PM

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE - The cover

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Cool cover man. Respect for that

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 09:41 PM

Short list for Goodnight

#1 Sally Bretton
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#3 Billie Piper
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New to MI6 code name "Goodnight" is working undercover.
Who gets the part?

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Posted 23 April 2010 - 04:58 PM

Short list for Goodnight
#1 Sally Bretton
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New to MI6 code name "Goodnight" is working undercover.
Who gets the part?




B) Cheers Volante :tdown:

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Posted 27 April 2010 - 08:32 PM

Thankfully Tim Torlot is safe; but how spooky is this.
Part of the synopsis of A SECRET TO THE GRAVE see post 27/01/10 is; an old man presents himself at the embassy wanting to share a secret with the ambassador.

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Al-Qaeda blamed for Yemen bomb attack on UK envoy

Tim Torlot has been ambassador in Yemen since July 2007
Al-Qaeda has been blamed for an attack on the UK's envoy in Yemen.

The suspected suicide bomber threw himself at the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen as it drove through the capital, Sanaa.

Ambassador Tim Torlot is safe, UK officials confirmed. One person - believed to be the attacker - was killed, say Yemeni security sources.

The attack bore all the "hallmarks of al-Qaeda", the Yemeni interior ministry said in a statement.

The UK Foreign Office said it had closed the embassy to the public.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned the attacks and said the incident strengthened the UK's resolve to "work closely with the government of Yemen to tackle international terrorism".

There are mounting fears that Yemen is becoming a leading al-Qaeda haven.

"The failed terrorist attack that targeted the British ambassador in Sanaa carries the fingerprints of al-Qaeda," the statement on the Yemeni interior ministry website said.

Previous attack

Mr Torlot was reported to have been on his way to the embassy when the attack happened, in an area of eastern Sanaa said to be popular with militants.


ANALYSIS

Ginny Hill, Chatham House specıalıst on Yemen
British officials are working closely with the Yemeni government to tackle terrorism. British military trainers have been supporting the coastguard and the counter-terrorism unit for several years. Since 2006, the British have also taken a strong lead on development and anti-corruption measures.

In January this year, UK PM Gordon Brown took a visible leadership role by convening a meeting in London in response to the attempted Christmas Day attack in Detroit. The British government is leading the Friends of Yemen, an informal contact group created at the London meeting in January.

The overall security situation in Yemen has improved in recent months, with a ceasefire agreed between the security services and the Houthi rebels in Saada. Unrest in the south continues to bubble away but Sanaa has been mostly calm recently, until today's attack.

Witnesses said the bomber was a young man who was wearing a school uniform, apparently as a disguise, the Associated Press news agency reports.

The attacker, believed to be wearing an explosives belt, was said to have thrown himself at the convoy, but was too slow to hit his intended targets.

BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen said: "One big question concerns the degree of organisation behind the attempted assassination."

Assuming the ambassador's drivers regularly change their routes, he said, it raised the question of how the bomber got close enough to the car to trigger the explosion.

The interior ministry named the suspect as Othman Ali Nouman al-Salawi, 22, from Taiz, south of Sanaa.

It said that the "terrorist Salawi has received training in Maarib province", an al-Qaeda stronghold 170km (around 105 miles) east of Sanaa.

"This operation reflects the state of despair which has hit the terrorists after the painful pre-emptive strikes which they received in their hide-outs at the hands of security services," the ministry said.

Reuters news agency reports that three other people were wounded - two security officials in a police car escorting the convoy and a bystander.

The attack appears to be similar to that carried out against a South Korean diplomatic convoy in Sanaa a year ago. A pedestrian suicide bomber targeted the vehicle on the main road from the city centre to the airport, but killed only himself.

Security threats

A Foreign Office spokesman in London said: "There was a small explosion beside the British ambassador's car. He was unhurt. No other embassy staff or British nationals were injured."

YEMEN FACTS

Population: 23.6 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Sanaa
Language: Arabic
Major religion: Islam
Oil exports: $1.5bn/24.5m barrels (Jan-Oct 2009)
Income per capita: US $950 (World Bank, 2008)




This came in the wake of the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a plane bound for Detroit in the US. The Nigerian suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is said to have been trained by a Yemen-based group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Western embassies in Yemen are no strangers to attacks. Militants used car bombs and rocket-propelled grenades in a co-ordinated assault on the US embassy last year.

Edited by volante, 27 April 2010 - 08:34 PM.


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Posted 02 May 2010 - 07:38 PM

Oh, Montserrat Lombard, no questions asked: re casting Goodnight.

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 12:08 PM

Oh, Montserrat Lombard, no questions asked: re casting Goodnight.


Sorry old buddy, Miss Goodnight got the veto on who plays her namesake

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 10:46 PM

Awww, shame. Means Lombard is free for me to use in something then B)