- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Coronet Books; New edition edition (4 May 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340628693
- ISBN-13: 978-0340628690
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 237,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a novel featuring James Bond.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think the plot of the story is really breath-taking! I think that Gardner is good at leaving just enough clues to lead in to what is going to happen but pull the rug right out from beneath us with a new suprise that we probally never gathered from all the "spoon-fed" clues.
I love James Bond and I am proud to have this book in my collection because it met and surpased the high standards set by Ian Fleming and Gardner's earlier works.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is another weak and shallow Gardner Bond novel. If you want Gardner's Bond at his best then read the earlier novels such as Licence Renewed, For Special Services, or Role of Honour. Whatever you do, don't bother with this one!!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This is a very Good Book!
28 Mar 1999
Format:Paperback
I thought this was one of the best Bond books I have read in a while! It is a little boring at the beginning for about two chapters, but it gets a lot better after that. I could not stop reading it at the end, because it is so EXCITING! Other people say John Gardner doesn't write very good books, but a disagree. This book is very good, and I recommend it to people that like action packed James Bond novels!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The sort of Bond book Enid Blyton might have written.
1 Dec 1998
Format:Paperback
It's difficult to know where to begin, but let's just say that if the object is to follow in Ian Fleming's footsteps, this fails, miserably. The main problem is that the character of James Bond has lost all his old certainty, strength and invulnerability; his character now better befits that of the policeman I see wandering up and down my road from time to time, and while I'm sure he's a great bloke, he's not the sort of escapist character I want to seek refuge in. The other big problem is that the emotions expressed are all incredibly naive, and, well, teen-like, particularly with regard to the relationship between Bond and Flicka; these are supposed to be mature secret agents who have lived a little, not high school students on a first date! Some of the writing is also way too obvious; Gardner will say something like 'Bond drank his vodka Martini. He liked vodka Martinis you see.' He doesn't actually write that, but you get my drift. I hope against all hope that John Gardner reads this; if he does, I would ask him to re-read any of the Ian Fleming Bond books, carefully; all the cues he needs, those that made the books such incredibly good reads, are there on the pages before him.
One of Gardner's Best
20 Oct 2005
Format:Paperback
This was the 7th Gardner/Bond novel I read, being second best only to Icebreaker. Seafire deals with a wealthy business man named Max Tarn and his plot to create a massive oil slick around Puerto Rico, which could cause massive environmental damage. James Bond and Flicka von Grusse, who was introduced in Never Send Flowers, must find a way to stop Tarn. Felix Leiter also appears in this book for a couple chapters. Also notable is the fact that M is put to bedrest about halfway through the book, after he gets some kind of illness. The book ends with a BANG that leaves the reader wanting more.
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