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Win, Lose or Die

James Bond (Original Series), Book 8

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Win, Lose or Die

By: John Gardner
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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When M receives word that a known terrorist organization is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy. Promoted from Commander to Captain, Bond is expected to infiltrate the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible and identify potential sleeper agents.

As he struggles to complete his mission, a massive war game is being carried out between the American, British, and Soviet Navies. And when Bond gets caught up in a murder investigation the safety of the most powerful leaders on the planet hangs in the balance....

©1989 Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. James Bond and 007 are registered trademarks of Danjaq LLC, used under license by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. Action & Adventure Espionage Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Royal Navy
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I love listening to the continuing story of Bond and John Gardner writes so well. Well done to Simon Vance for his pace and precision with the story.

Another great Bond story

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Steady pace for bond novel but easy to finish. Decent enough spy book but nothing special.

Steady, nothing more

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A totally ludicrous story. Ridiculously bad. This is a slap in the face for Fleming’s legacy. Similar n’s narration is excellent as always but the story is just incredibly poor

Absolutely garbage

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Definitely a James Bond story , but whole thing seemed a bit rushed.
Could have been better put together

I’m a big fan of the John Gardner/Simon Vance combination, but don’t think this was their best book.

Still a good listen for James Bond fans

007 Story - but seemed a bit rushed

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There's far too much technical description of helicopter manoeuvres, why aircraft carriers aren't called aircraft carriers (don't ask me why - I fell asleep).

The plot is slight - war games, world leaders meeting on an aircraft carrier and Bond is responsible for security so he's back in the Navy with the rank of Captain. It feels as though in this 8th Bond novel that Gardner has given up caring and has just stirred together a rather unappetising mixture of stale plot devices, bits of information about the Royal Navy and long chunks of technical specifications. Without the latter, this wouldn't be much more than a slightly long short story.

Short on plot, long on technical descriptions.

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