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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 -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

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James Bond saves the world from criminal genius, Take 13 (Take 27, if you count Ian Fleming's original series): an unapologetic nostalgia piece by Fleming's sturdy successor. When the mandarins of Her Majesty's spanking new agency MicroGlobe One need somebody to goad cruise-line king Sir Max Tarn, fingered by his own accountant as a high-end arms dealer, into cutting and running so they can pull him in without giving away the accountant, the obvious choice is James Bond, who's just celebrated his promotion to Director of the Double Zero troubleshooting branch by foiling a hijacking on Sir Max's own ship. In go Bond and his inamorata Fredericka von Grsse (Never Send Flowers, 1993), and out pop Sir Max and his wife--apparently right into a fatal auto accident. It's up to Bond, who actually saw Tarn pulling away from Hall's Manor hours after the supposed crash, to get the goods on the late Sir Max--a labor of hate that takes him from London to Seville to Jerusalem (for an unusually gratuitous episode with Tarn's wife) to Tarn's family estate of Wasserburg in Germany (where you'll never guess what Bond learns about Tarn's political affiliations) to San Juan, where Tarn's nefarious master plan finally becomes clear hours before a cheerfully noisy holocaust. As he dodges threats of ``fast, sudden death'' from ``the most evil man I have ever known'' (the testimonial of a Tarn confederate), Bond finds that his romantic relationship ``had begun to give him something that had never been present with any previous woman''-- not a good sign for anybody who remembers the fate of Tracy di Vicenzo. A feast of the predictable--from counterterrorist high-tech to the return of Felix Leiter--that's probably the best Bond since Win, Lose, or Die (1989). If you can swallow Pierce Brosnan as 007, you won't have any trouble getting this down. -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

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Elaborate plotting...seductions,killings,double crosses 27. April 2000

Von dan

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Seafire by john gardner is a very intense and good book beacuase it is exciting, suspenseful, and realistic.It is exciting because it is full of high speed chases, gun fights, and fist fights. The action and mystery of uncovering a conspiracy is what makes it so suspenseful. it is realistic because everything, all the cities and countries are real.The plot involves one Maxwell Tarn, a billionaire, and his wife, who are missing. Sir Maxwell, who disappeared while under surveillance, is known as a selfmade billionaire to the public, but to the brittish inteeligence hes known as the most notorious arms dealer around the world. Bond,Flicka, and the Double-0 section of the SAS must find out what really happened to Tarn and do something about him.

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Tied down 28. Dezember 1999

Von Ein Kunde

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This was the first John Gardner 007 book that I read. I really enjoy James Bond stories and movies as well. However, in the books and movies that I have seen, James Bond was more of a ladies man and was free from commitment. In this book, James is pretty much tied down and very much in love with one woman. This was something that I did not particuarly agree with, coming to know James Bond as a bachelor is how I would much rather keep it. Neverheless, I did enjoy reading this book and getting into the story.

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Complete madness 17. Oktober 1999

Von Horace

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What is up with this book? Did John Gardner just get tired of writing it and decide to slap together that last two thirds of it. Here we have the 'rise' of the 4th Reich (again) and a zillionaire whacko (again) who wants to take over the world (again.) I am still trying to figure out how oil spills are connected with world domination, but that's just me. John Gardner was clearly getting sick of Bond with this book, and he would only have one more to go. Thank goodness, though it only gets worse with new Bond author Raymond Benson, whose books are so cartoonish and amateurish they make the James Bond Jr. cartoon seem like vintage Fleming.

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