The man with the golden gun : a James Bond novel, 007

SUMMARY: A brainwashed James Bond has tried--and failed--to assassinate M, his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly freelance hit men in the world: Paco "Pistols" Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun. But despite his license to kill, 007 is no assassin, and on finding Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica, he decides to infiltrate the killer's criminal cooperative--and realizes that he will have to take him out as swiftly as possible. Otherwise 007 might just be the next on a long list of British Secret Service numbers retired by the Man with the Golden Gun . . . Fiction,General,Mystery & Detective,Thrillers,Action & Adventure,Comics & Graphic Novels,Espionage,Traditional British,Mystery & Detective - Traditional British,Intelligence officers,Fiction - Espionage,Thriller,Men's Adventure,Assassins,Intrigue,Spy stories,British,Bond; James (Fictitious character),Bond; James (Fictitious charac,20th Century English Novel And Short Story,British - Cuba,Cuba,Havana (Cuba) Bond may have a license to kill, but “Pistols” Scaramanga has a talent for it. He’s a KGB-trained assassin who’s left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake. His weapon of choice? A gold-plated Colt .45. In the aftermath of his brainwashing by the Soviets, Bond is given one last chance to win back M’s trust: terminate Scaramanga before he strikes MI6 again. Traveling to Jamaica under an assumed name, Bond manages to infiltrate Scaramanga’s organization and soon discovers that the hit man’s criminal ambitions have expanded to include arson, drug smuggling, and industrial sabotage. Worst of all for Bond, Scaramanga has a golden bullet inscribed with the numbers 007—and he’s eager to put it to use. Under the heat of the Caribbean sun, Bond faces a seemingly impossible task: win a duel against the Man with the Golden Gun.

Bond is back! After 10 years out of print, Titan Books is proud to present the return of the world's greatest secret agent, in a classic adventure! James Bond is dead! Or so his employers at MI5 believe until he attempts to assassinate his boss, M, because he's been brainwashed by the KGB! With his conditioning removed, M sends Bond on a deadly mission: to track down the sadistic killer Francisco Scaramanga - 'The Man with the Golden Gun'! But with a KGB agent and the usual quotient of beautiful, treacherous girls in his path, will Bond make it back? Features 'The Living Daylights' and an introduction by Lucy Fleming.

"Brainwashed by the KGB, James Bond is prevented from assassinating M. and, assisted by Mary Goodnight, takes on the KGB-controlled killer Francisco Scaramanga, following him on a perilous trail through bordello, bedrooms, and mangrove swamp"--NoveList.