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"As the eleventh book in Ian Fleming's Bond series begins, Commander James Bond, Agent 007 of Her Majesty's Secret Service, is on the verge of resigning from his post.
For the past year, he has done nothing but search for Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the supercriminal whose SPECTRE organization attempted to blackmail the world with stolen nuclear weapons, and he has come to the conclusion that the elusive mastermind is dead.
On vacation in France, Bond encounters a beautiful girl who, he believes, is preparing to commit suicide. Saving her, he discovers that her father is the head of the French Mafia, and the man has decided that he is now in Bond's debt. Asking the man if he can locate Blofeld, Bond is informed that the terrorist is somewhere in Switzerland.
Almost a month later, Bond is called to the College of Arms, where he learns that Blofeld, who is indeed in Switzerland, is attempting to claim the title of the Comte de Bleuville, claiming that his Polish ancestors migrated from France during the Revolution.
Going undercover as Sir Hilary Bray, a researcher in the College of Arms, Bond is taken to Blofeld's mountain stronghold, which doubles as a ski resort and an institute where allergies are cured via hypnosis.
There, he discovers that Blofeld's sinister scheme involves much more than simply stealing a title to which he has no claim. With the help of eleven beautiful, brainwashed girls, Blofeld plots to unleash biological weapons on the farms of Britain and irrevocably destroy the country's economy."
James Craver, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char. spying/sabotage
- preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- generic terrorists
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
The antagonists are:
- foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
- Switzerland
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
- skiing off
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- diced
- crushed
- frozen
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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