Moonraker by Ian Fleming

So you've seen the James Bond films. Why bother reading the books? Well normally a book is better then the movie. In the case of 007 the books are nothing like the movie. They basically took some general ideas from the books and make a completely new story. Fleming's Bond is a very dark and deadly character who must rely on his wits rather then mere gadgets to survive. This James Bonds is far more enjoyable then that of Hollywood's creation.

In Moonraker, Ian Fleming's third offering of 007 stories he delivers yet again. Sir Hugo Drax is a WW II hero who has made millions from nothing. Now Drax has decided to give England a gift; a state of the art missile to protect England from her enemies. Drax is fully funding the operation from the design to the test site of the new missile, the Moonraker. At M.'s request James begins to investigate the project after the security officer -assigned by Scotland Yard- is killed in an apparent murder-suicide. The deeper that James digs the less things add up. One this is certain, something is not right with Sir Hugo Drax and his beloved Moonraker.