Seafire

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.

This is a good 007 book. It reads a little slow then it picks up and is quick to read.

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.

wow! this book just did not let up. it was a bit different than some of Mr. Gardner's others, in that Bond had to deal with a poltical committee that is held accountable for special operations. this book explores the question of public accountability for matters of national security and intelligence and counter-intelligence. naturally, this committee will compramise Bond's job and mission... i enjoy the twist and back-n-forth element that this ads to the story.

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!