As a book, License to Kill by James Gardner is not bad at all. I’m not sure when the overlap between the script/production and the novel happened
Win, Lose or Die might have fared better had it not been shackled to the Bond franchise, which comes with certain expectations of derring-do fantasy
Scorpius by James Gardner follows James, Bond, agent 007, as he infiltrates a religious cult run by a terrorist whose goal is to assassinate politicians
I think No Deals, Mr. Bond reads better in 2025 than it did when published in 1987, it reads much more tongue in cheek than it was probably meant to be
Taking over for Fleming is a big job, this is the best Bond book Gardner wrote so far. Giving Bond a reason to get angry and personally involved works
This is an easy read; the plot moves fast and some of the parts are very good. Unfortunately, that’s when Gardner leaves tech alone and goes back to spy craft
Bond joins a multi-national black-ops team to stop a Neo-Nazi organization with plenty of resources to worry even the strongest governments
The strong plot in the first half of the book is very enjoyable but loses it in a bizarre second half. I enjoyed it very much even though
I liked the story, it’s solid even if it is predictable, and I enjoyed reading the book, I guess it’s not the Bond I’m used to.
I enjoyed this book very much, short but tells a great alternative history of what happened to Eva Braun. It could easily be a book just about that subject