The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth saga in the James Bond canon. In this stunning story of fast-paced adventure, James Bond–arch-enemy of SMERSH, subjugator of the master fiends Goldfinger and Dr. No–has been brainwashed by Soviet captors into becoming the tool of Russia’s K.G.B. Secret Agent 007 is pitted against a ruthless assassin and master of destruction, Francisco Scaramange. The sophisticated reader enters a world of passion, intrigue, and daring as these two adversaries meet in mortal combat in that pleasure paradise, the island of Jamaica. Their terrified witness is the one woman who has successfully resisted Bond’s every attempt to woo her. (more…)