Moonraker: James Bond #3

Ian Fleming

Jan 2015 · HarperCollins

About this ebook

As British war hero Hugo Drax concludes construction of his state-of-the-art nuclear missile, the Moonraker, British secret agent James Bond is sent to protect the final test of the rocket against terrorist attack. But all may not be what it seems in a facility staffed exclusively by post-war German scientists, and Bond must once again put his life on the line as he races to protect the world from Drax’s heinous double-cross.

Moonraker is the third book in the James Bond spy series. It was adapted for radio and provided the title for the eleventh James Bond movie, starring Roger Moore in the lead role.

Ratings and reviews

Nothing like the movie (phew), a cracking read and I loved it

About the author

Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British journalist, naval intelligence officer, and creator of the fictional British spy, James Bond. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and at universities in Switzerland and Germany, Fleming’s failure at the Foreign Office entrance exams led to brief careers with Reuters and as a stockbroker before he joined British Naval Intelligence in 1939. As personal assistant to the director, Fleming excelled, and his wartime service provided ample background for his later Bond stories.

Fleming’s Bond novels and short-story collections are among the best-selling books of all time, and serve as the basis for the highly-successful movie franchise, which has starred such acclaimed actors as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig as James Bond. In addition to the Bond series, Fleming wrote the children’s classic Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car. He died in 1964 of heart disease.