Bond is back. . .facing a deadly countdown in this fast-paced thriller about a sadistic genius, a beautiful lady spy and a super rocket that can blow the world sky high.
When Bond is asked to settle a dispute at an exclusive gambling club, the affair is embarrassing in the extreme, for the accused is the unimpeachable Sir Hugo Drax, head of the multimillion-pound Moonraker missile program. Soon, however, Bond finds out the bizarre and terrifying truth about Drax and Moonraker.
At the first words of this production, listeners can immediately imagine every James Bond movie they ever saw. Robert Whitfield sounds like all the characters rolled into one, but particularly Bernard Lee, who played the British mastermind "M." Whitfield's rendition of the villain Hugo Drax is also inspired in its earthy blusterings. The book has some similarities with the spectacular 1979 Roger Moore movie but stands on its own because of Whitfield's effortless movements among the characters and plot, which has to do with a secret missile attack intended for London. D.R.W. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), creator of the world's best-known secret agent, was born in London and educated at Eton and Sandhurst. In 1929, he became the Reuters Moscow correspondent. Much of the James Bond material was drawn directly from Fleming's experiences as an intelligence officer.
