SeaFire (James Bond Series)

by John Gardner

Overview

James Bond is back in action, with Flicka von Grusse at his side and his licence to kill renewed once more. His target is Sir Maxwell Tarn: a businessman whose legitimate empire spans the globe, whose wealth is uncountable . . . and who appears to deal in illegal weapons on a breathtaking scale. But even Bond is unprepared for the speed of events, as a sting operation in a Cambridge hotel leads rapidly to an assassination in Spain, a fugitive in Israel and neo-Nazi plotters in Germany. Bond finally catches up with Tarn in Puerto Rico where his prey becomes his captor. Can he escape in time to stop Tarn, and prevent an ecological disaster of global proportions? SeaFire is the fourteenth instalment in John Gardner's gripping 007 series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781906772390
Publisher:	Ian Fleming Publications
Publication date:	09/01/2014
Series:	James Bond Series
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	357
Sales rank:	816,443
File size:	351 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

After Colonel Sun (1968) by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner was the next writer to be asked to write further adventures of James Bond. He wrote, like Fleming, fourteen Bond books, plus novelisations of the films GoldenEye and Licence to Kill, from 1981 to 1996. Before becoming an author of fiction in the early 1960s John Gardner was variously a stage magician, a Royal Marine officer, a journalist and, for a short time, a priest in the Church of England. 'Probably the biggest mistake I ever made,' he says. 'I confused the desire to please my father with a vocation which I soon found I did not have.' In all, Gardner had fifty-five novels to his credit - many of them bestsellers. John Gardner died in 2007.For more information about John Gardner and his non-Bond works, visit his website.

Editorial Reviews

With this, his 13th James Bond novel, Gardner surpasses Ian Fleming's total output by one, but he continues to lag immeasurably behind Fleming in panache. Much has changed for 007 in the aftermath of the Cold War. For starters, he has a steady lover, former Swiss Intelligence agent Flicka von Grsse, who, aside from a few lethal flashes, becomes just another damsel ready for distress when Bond's around. Bond is in command of the Double-Oh section, now called ``Two Zeros,'' whose members have turned in their licenses to kill for the pleasure of ``dealing with cases concerning breach of international law and treaties.'' Here the villain is Sir Maxwell Tarn, who aims to be the next Hitler. Once on the case, Bond pursues a foolhardy and dangerous course, meeting semi-disastrous results and returning to ask his overseers whether he might try, try again-a wish that, sensibly, they are reluctant to grant. At one point, the ineffable M, threatens: ``If you fail, Bond, I'll see you out of the Service for good.'' Bond fails, of course, but nothing is heard from M, who takes to his sickbed. Judging by this pale, by-the-numbers series entry, one hopes that the old boy will recover soon and make good on his threat. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Yes, folks, James Bond is alive and well. This is Gardner's thirteenth novel starring the handsome, tough, romantic hero 007 since he took over the series after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964. In "Seafire", Gardner again mixes sex and violence in exotic settings--this time a picturesque village in Germany, the Israeli desert, Puerto Rico, and the streets of London. Working with 007 is the lovely Fredericka von Grusse, formerly of Swiss intelligence, who was introduced in "Never Send Flowers". The plot involves one Maxwell Tarn, a billionaire, and his wife, who are missing. Sir Maxwell, who disappeared while under surveillance, is evil--dealing in illicit arms and munitions. Bond, "Flicka," and the Double-0 section of the SIS must find out what really happened to Tarn. The outcome is never in doubt, but it's a rollicking ride all the way.

George Cohen