The book in question is ''For Special Services,'' by John Gardner. It is a James Bond story - Mr. Gardner's second try at rattling those moldering bones - and, as the author's foreword suggests, it was inspired not by any of the nine Muses but rather by a consortium of 's copyright holders and publishers, along with the Saab motor car. out of 5 stars 7. The first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent. Bond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as Franco. Together, they plan to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world and start a global. For the first time in trade paperback—with new introductions—the novels that began John Gardner's career as the author of the thrilling James Bond series. In For Special Services, Bond is on loan to the United States government, his partner none other than the tough and beautiful Cedar, daughter of ’s old friend Felix Leiter. Their enemy?/5().
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for James Bond in For Special Services by John Gardner (PB at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! For Special Services by John Gardner. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 6% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 6%. Before becoming an author of fiction in the early s 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. The second John Gardner Bond novel, following Licence Renewed. Blofeld is dead. And SPECTRE, the world's greatest criminal organisation, disbanded. But then a series of murders and hijackings reveal the unimaginable: Blofeld's Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion is back in business, and more dangerous than ever.
For Special Services a very schizophrenic book which doesn't seem certain about where it wants to take Bond, which is sad since it's Gardner's second book. The man resorts to fan service by bringing back SPECTRE, Felix Leiter, and using the child of a pre-existing villain as its central antagonist. For Special Services, first published in , was the second novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose. For Special Services. Hardcover – Import, January 1, by John Gardner (Author) out of 5 stars. ratings. Book 2 of John Gardner's Bond series. See all formats and editions. Hide other formats and editions. Price.
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