The story mainly follows a small group of soldiers, the first of the SOE, who were rescued from Dunkirk and follows them through Operation Postmaster

The writer shows how Bond struggles with the decisions he makes and the actions he takes. He knows he will pay for bad decisions his superiors make, yet he executes his mission faithfully.

About: Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Store of World War II Resistance in Europe by Gordon Corera is a non-fiction account of the British “Pigeon Warfare” effort. Mr. Corera is a journalist and writer, he specializes on security issues for the BBC. 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Language: English ISBN-10: 9780062667076 My rating for Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service – 5 Buy Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service from Amazon.com* More Books by Gordon Corera* Thoughts: I always thought the use of pigeons is a creative one, but really have no special interest in it because, well… it’s pigeons.  Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Store of World War II Resistance in Europe by Gordon Corera, however, is a well written book which brings to life this small part of the war. On the face of it, using pigeons to fly messages from German held territories to England sounds ridiculous. How could such an operation be successful with so many variables which cannot be accounted for? The author answers this question, and many more, in the book. The pigeon business, as it turned out, was popular at the time (racing, etc.)…

The artwork is excellent this is how I imagined James Bond to be when I was reading the Fleming novels Someone is assassinating allied agents-James Bond is next

This book has everything one wants, intriguing characters, action, espionage and some romance

Colonel Sun by Robert Markham is the first novel featuring British secret agent James Bond, 007, not written by Ian Fleming, the original author

James Bond: Black Box by Benjamin Percy (art by Rapha Lobosco) is a solid entry into Dynamite’s Bond library even though the plot is weak and predictable, but well written

I was excited from the first time I head the plans to make a standalone Felix Leiter story. With all the trepidations and pre-judgements that came with the announcement, only one thought, and one thought only, was on my mind – about damn time!

I simply feel that the James Bond series should have gotten a much stronger finish than two short stories and two outlines for short stories.

The novel is not unreadable, it is enjoyable for the Bond fans, but it is far from being one of the best in the series