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Trigger Mortis
by Anthony Horowitz
Working off some notes/outline discovered by the estate of Ian Fleming, Anthony Horowitz is the third officially licensed novelist to carry on the Ian Fleming tradition. This is also a homage to Fleming, as well, as the plot is set in the late 1950s; on the plus side, Horowitz gets the period details of the 1950s 1960s down.
The second book that Horowitz wrote, of the Bond series, Forever and A Day actually takes place before this. But the books are written in that nothing is lost if they are read out of sequence.
The plot, by Bond nemesis group SMERSH to sabotage a pre-NASA unmanned rocket, and cause a major explosion in a US city at the same time, is kept moving along. Like the early Ian Fleming books, this is essentially a great read for train trips or flight.
Also, this may be the only Bond story EVER that has action taking place in New Jersey.
Horowitz also writes the Alex Rider series for YA types, so that explains the simplistic nature of some of the dialogue. But the book is filled with action, angry Russians, pretty government agents. (Fleming's notes just form the basis of the opening chapter of the book, set at a LeMans-style auto race.) 3.5 stars out of 5.
The second book that Horowitz wrote, of the Bond series, Forever and A Day actually takes place before this. But the books are written in that nothing is lost if they are read out of sequence.
The plot, by Bond nemesis group SMERSH to sabotage a pre-NASA unmanned rocket, and cause a major explosion in a US city at the same time, is kept moving along. Like the early Ian Fleming books, this is essentially a great read for train trips or flight.
Also, this may be the only Bond story EVER that has action taking place in New Jersey.
Horowitz also writes the Alex Rider series for YA types, so that explains the simplistic nature of some of the dialogue. But the book is filled with action, angry Russians, pretty government agents. (Fleming's notes just form the basis of the opening chapter of the book, set at a LeMans-style auto race.) 3.5 stars out of 5.