You Only Live Twice - Ian Fleming

'Shattered by the murder of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond has gone to pieces as an agent. M gives him one last chance, sending him to Japan for a near-impossible mission. There Bond is trained in the fighting arts of Ninja warriors and sent to infiltrate a mysterious fortress known as the 'Castle of Death' - a place of nightmares where a lethal poisoned garden destroys all who go there - and awakens an old, terrifying enemy. You Only Live Twice sees Bond's final encounter with an insane mastermind - one that could mean the end for 007...' You Only Live Twice is the 12th of thirteen James Bond novels written by Ian Fleming and the ...  Read the complete review

Don't be fooled by the title this book has little resembalence to the film, as most people who have read the Ian Fleming 007 series know is quite often the case. PLOT Like the film this books plot is set in Japan were a broken down james Bond distrought about his wifes death (What we would diagonose as depression in todays day and age) is sent by M and the secret service on one final mission to try and sap him out of it. The mission is simple to kill blofeld who is osing as a biologist in an old castle just of the coast of Japan. He is aided by Tiger Tanaka and Kissy Suzuki (other similarities to the movie) and also has thefamous ...  Read the complete review