Are any of the post-Fleming bond books worth reading?

[hairykrishna]

I recently re-read a couple of the original bond books and they are still excellent. I know a lot have been written by other authors and I was wondering if anyone could give me a recommendation (or otherwise...) for any of them?

The only one I've read is the Sebastian Faulks effort, which I thought was fairly awful.

[hairykrishna]

To update this thread, I've now read a couple. Colonel Sun was very good - thanks for the recommendation. Carte Blanche, Deavers effort, was not. Only read it because it was available and wish I'd not bothered. Didn't feel like a Bond book and was generally terrible into the bargain. The new one, Solo, is in my pile to read soon.

[hairykrishna]

Finished Solo. Much better than Carte Blanche and ok for the most part. Too many twists for it's own good though.