License Renewed
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 007 series.In License Renewed, the most famous secret agent in the world pits his nerve and cunning against a dangerously deranged opponent—one...
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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 007 series.In License Renewed, the most famous secret agent in the world pits his nerve and cunning against a dangerously deranged opponent—one prepared to sacrifice most of the Western world to prove that only he can make it safe from accidental holocaust. As the seconds tick away on the valued Rolex Oyster Perpetual, the world comes nearer this ironic annihilation; Bond comes nearer a frightful death and ever nearer Miss Lavender Peacock.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781605981932 (1605981931)
Publish date: October 12th 2011
Publisher: Pegasus
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Series: John Gardner's Bond (#1)
The first Gardner Bond book.In his Acknowledgements at the beginning of the book, Gardner tells us that all of the "hardware" used by Bond in the book is genuine and available one way or another. He then goes on to tell us that that used by Bond's adversary, Anton Murik, is not. This, I think, sets ...
James Bond returns after ten years away in this light, but entertaining read, License Renewed. I say License Renewed because I got the American printing, replete with freeways and all the expected mis-spellings, the original British version was called, correctly, Licence Renewed. Bond is called in t...
I can summarize everything that's wrong with this book in a single phrase - Bond drives a Saab.
Bond has been invited home for dinner by Q's attractive female assistant, a committed vegetarian. As they're sipping their drinks, he makes amorous advances. "My chick-pea casserole will dry out!" she protests, pushing him away."Well, we wouldn't want that drying out," says Bond.How come I never thi...
My mom liked the thriller/mystery genre so there were a lot of these books hanging around the house. As a rule, I didn't read them but there was a point where I must have been hard up for anything to read and found myself enjoying this book.I knew James Bond entirely from the movies at that point in...
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