Cold Fall, John Gardner
Cold Fall, John Gardner
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Cold Fall

Author: John Gardner

Narrator: Christopher Cazenove

Abridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/1996

Synopsis

The night that Flight 229 was blown apart upon landing at Washington's Dulles Airport— killing almost 400 passengers aboard— James Bond embarked on a mission that would become an obsession. Who was responsible for destroying the British-owned aircraft? Was it a straightforward act of terrorism, an assassination aimed at only one person, or a move to put the airline out of business? The search for answers has a personal meaning: Bond' s former lover and old friend, the Principessa Sukie Tempesta, is listed as one of the ill-fated passengers. In this white-knuckle 007 thriller, master spy James Bond undertakes the most complex and demanding assignment of his career. Across continents and through ever-changing labyrinths of evil, Bond follows the traces of clues to an organization more deadly than any terrorist army. What Bond finds could very well spell his own last days.

About John Gardner

John Gardner (1933-1982) was born in Batavia, New York. His critically acclaimed books include the novels Grendel, The Sunlight Dialogues, and October Light, for which he received the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as works of nonfiction and criticism such as On Becoming a Novelist. He was also a professor of medieval literature and a pioneering creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver and Charles Johnson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph

The final installment in John Gardner's excellent 007 series, this book lives up to the hype. James Bond confronts COLD, a sinister group that plots to take over in the US. Along the way, he gets involved with an Italian crime syndicate as well as several damsels. The book followed the typical forma......more

Goodreads review by Dustin

John Gardner wraps up his Bond series with COLD Fall. The first half of the book is set in 1990, with Bond assigned to represent the Secret Intelligence Service in an American plane crash investigation, but, due to a conflict-of-interest resulting from his connection with a passenger who was mysteri......more

Goodreads review by Diana

This was a fantastic read. When I started reading it a few months ago, I put it down because I started another book that ended up capturing my attention. Because I had just begun it, I ended up forgetting about it til a week ago when I picked it up and absolutely loved it. I couldn't stop reading it......more

Goodreads review by John

The book really starts, stutters and stops over and over again as years pass by in the novel, and then comes to an abrupt and unsatisfactory ending. It was really just John Gardner tying up loose ends, and making sure no one else can use certain characters which he created.......more

Goodreads review by Richard

This review originally appeared, with spoilers, on The Reel Bits as part of my 007 Case Files. An abbreviated version follows. (There's some minor spoilers here, but nothing that would ruin enjoyment). If we were to compare the various Bond writers the way we do the actors portraying the spy, then Jo......more

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