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    Scorpius

    By John Gardner

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    When the body of a mysterious woman is found carrying the phone number of James Bond, Bond is called in by M to help the investigation. But before he can even reach headquarters he is nearly run off the road in a high-speed motorway chase. Someone wants Bond dead.

    Then Bond discovers that the woman was a member of a cult known as ‘The Meek Ones’, with murky links to a wealthy arms dealer. Soon, hideous acts of terrorism begin to roll out across Britain and Bond finds himself in a race against time to track down the faceless criminal behind the horror . . .

    Scorpius is the seventh thrilling title in the bestselling Bond series by John Gardner.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIan Fleming Publications
    Release dateJun 1, 2013
    ISBN9781906772345
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    John Gardner

    John Gardner (1933–1982) was born in Batavia, New York. His critically acclaimed books include the novels Grendel, The Sunlight Dialogues, and October Light, for which he received the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as several works of nonfiction and criticism such as On Becoming a Novelist. He was also a professor of medieval literature and a pioneering creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver and Charles Johnson.

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      This did not really feel like a Bond novel to me, at least based on the last 20 or so I have read. It seemed a little goofy. 3.4