Thanks to our friends at Disney Publishing, today we can show you the final cover art for the U.S. hardcover edition of Charlie Higson’s Hurricane Gold, due for release on April 7, 2009. (CLICK TO VIEW)

This spectacular artwork is by artist Kev Walker who most recently illustrated SilverFin The Graphic Novel and provided cover art for new U.S. paperback editions of SilverFin and Blood Fever due out in March.

Prototype art for Hurricane Gold, first revealed back in June, showed Bond with Precious Stone in the jungles of Mexico. But in keeping with the new unified “Bond vs Villain” theme, Precious has been replaced with the brain-damaged henchman Manny the Girl.

The Hurricane Gold hardcover is available for pre-order on Amazon.com along with all the new Young Bond releases for 2009:

SilverFin (New Cover) - March 10, 2009

Blood Fever (New Cover) - March 10, 2009

Double or Die (Paperback) - March 10, 2009

Hurricane Gold (Hardcover) - April 7, 2009