Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming, Anthony Horowitz returns James Bond to his 1950s heyday. The world's most famous spy has just returned victorious from his showdown with Auric Goldfinger in Fort Knox. By his side is the glamorous and streetwise Pussy Galore, who played no small part in his success. As they settle down in London, the odds of Galore taming the debonair bachelor seem slim --- but she herself is a creature not so easily caught.
Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, seems a foreigner in every land. While traveling in the Adirondacks, Viv opens the door to her room at the Motor Court and finds two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger shows --- a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up --- the tables are turned.
After finally tracking the SPECTRE chief to a stronghold in the Swiss Alps, Bond uncovers the details of Blofeld’s latest plot: a biological warfare scheme more audacious than anything the fiend has tried before. Now Bond must save the world once again --- and survive Blofeld’s last, very personal, act of vengeance.
Upon M’s insistence, James Bond takes a two-week respite in a secluded natural health spa. There, Bond stumbles onto the trail of a lethal man with ties to a new secret organization called SPECTRE. When SPECTRE hijacks two A-bombs, a frantic global search for the weapons ensues, and M’s hunch that the plane containing the bombs will make a clean drop into the ocean sends Bond to the Bahamas to investigate.
A departure from the full-length James Bond novels, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY is a stunning collection of five stories that sends 007 to Bermuda, Berlin, and beyond, and places him in the dangerous company of adversaries of all varieties.
Bond may have a license to kill, but “Pistols” Scaramanga has a talent for it. He’s a KGB-trained assassin who’s left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake. His weapon of choice? A gold-plated Colt .45. In the aftermath of his brainwashing by the Soviets, Bond is given one last chance to win back M’s trust: terminate Scaramanga before he strikes MI6 again.
SMERSH stands for “Death to Spies” and there’s no secret agent they’d like to disgrace and destroy more than 007, James Bond. But ensnaring the British Secret Service’s most lethal operative will require a lure so tempting even he can’t resist. Bursting with action and intrigue, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is one of the best-loved books in the Bond canon --- an instant classic that set the standard for sophisticated literary spycraft for decades to come.
Mr. Big, a Harlem gangster who uses voodoo to control his criminal empire, is smuggling British pirate treasure to New York from a remote Jamaican Island and sending the proceeds to Moscow. It's up to 007 to locate Mr. Big's hideout, sabotage the operation, and reclaim the pirate hoard for England.
Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over.
As the super patriot and war veteran who’s bankrolling Britain’s top-secret Moonraker rocket program, Sir Hugo Drax should be above reproach. But there’s more to this enigmatic millionaire than he lets on. When M suspects Drax of cheating at cards in an exclusive gentleman’s club, he sends Bond in to investigate.
With a sparkling trail of smuggled gems as bait, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER leads Bond on a globe-hopping mission where deadly assassins lurk behind every corner.
Auric Goldfinger is the richest man in England --- though his wealth can’t be found in banks. He’s been hoarding vast stockpiles of his namesake metal, and it’s attracted the suspicion of 007’s superiors at MI6. Sent to investigate, Bond uncovers an ingenious gold-smuggling scheme.
In the novel that introduced James Bond to the world, Ian Fleming’s agent 007 is dispatched to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux. His mission? Bankrupt a ruthless Russian agent who’s been on a bad luck streak at the baccarat table.
