After a narrow escape in Europe, Bond's capabilities are in question. M commits 007 to a dull mission on a Jamaican island, eager to keep the agent from another potential catastrophe. But not all is as it seems in the Caribbean, and Bond soon comes into contact with the henchmen of the illustrious Dr No. In his island lair, hiding behind the rare b...more

Live and Let Die is the second documented mission of James Bond, secret agent 007. This breath-taking hunt for secret treasure takes Bond to Harlem, Florida and Jamaica and brings him to Mr Big, a SMERSH operative and criminal mastermind who holds the dazzling fortune-teller Solitaire in his deathly grip. In Ian Fleming's second Bond novel, agent 0...more

Many of Ian Fleming’s short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and For Your Eyes Only. The title story, Quantum of Solace, lends its name to the upcoming James Bond film, slated to release in Fall 2008. This...more

"I felt the prod of a gun in my back but swung the door wide open ... I had gambled that they wouldn't shoot. They hadn't. Now all depended on the solitary man who stood on the threshold." When James Bond makes his first appearance in The Spy Who Loved Me, the novel is two thirds complete. It is Fleming's most experimental Bond story but one ...more