Goldeneye

by John Gardner

Book Overview

Janis, a powerful and ambitious Russian gang that no longer cares about ideology, has just acquired Goldeneye, a piece of high-tech space technology with the power to destroy or corrupt the West's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572970340
• ISBN13: 9781572970342
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

JOHN GARDNERs BEST BOND NOVEL

GoldenEye is undoubtedly John Gardner's best James Bond novel. He really captured the essence of Bond as portrayed by Pierce Brosnan. I took this novel out and read it again when Pierce announced that his services were no longer needed as James Bond. It seems like he just got the part, and now, just like that, he is gone. I read this book again and savored each passage. It really brought back memories of the movie so vividly. It is so hard to grasp that ten years have gone by. I think this was John Gardner's last James Bond novel. Intuitively he must have known it and he put all the best he had into this one. I also love the cover. GoldenEye was such a special film at such a special time. One era ended while another began. This book is a record of those times.

The books are always "better" than the movies!

Damn, that was a good book! For being a James Bond fan I sure say that the book "Goldeneye" was better than the movie "Goldeneye"! The book had an extra story line an parts that the movie left out. My birthday was yesterday, June 7, and my dad wanted me to help him pick out a good B-Day gift so I found the "Goldeneye" book by John E. Gardner. Believe me if I had to do it all over I would pick the same book.

Getting to the heart of things

This was a great book! Not only did it have everything you would expect from a Bond novel,and it even tapped into social issues, like racism, which we saw when Trevelyan explains his betrayal of MI6 to James. Very interesting account and very next level. It also gives some extra detail that you don't get in the flick! Check it out today!

A master storyteller!

Once Xenia worked for the KGB. But her new master is Janus, a powerful and ambitious Russian gang that no longer cares about ideology. Janus's ambitions are money and power; its normal business methods are theft and murder. And it has just acquired Goldeneye, a piece of high-tech space technology with the power to destroy or corrupt the West's financial markets. But Janus has understimated its most determined enemy... John Gardner has done it again. A great book to read and an cool Bond book. Buy this book!

Riveting 3rd person perspective. I love it!!!

Set in the heart of Russia the reader discovers the presence of James Bond with an extremely important an dangerous mission: Bungee jump down a large dam and make way to a chemical facility located at the bottom. After the mission which had been completed a syndicate known as janus has arose from the newly changed glastnost of Russia. Severnaya houses one of the most dangerous pieces of technological weaponry: the Goldeneye sattelite. Fired by Ouromov and his accomplice Xenia Onatopp only two have survived the deadly blast. It is up to James Bond to save England and the world if the Goldeneye falls into the wrong hands. Using a CIA contact and ex KGB agent Bond tracks down Janus and discovers the fate of 006 was faked in the chemical facility! Finally Bond and Severnaya programmer infiltrate the Janus base located in the heart of a Cuban jungle and all is well afterwards