SeaFire

Novel by John Gardner (British writer)

0-399-13938-9OCLC30510541

Dewey Decimal

823/.914 20LC ClassPR6057.A63 S37 1994

SeaFire, first published in 1994, was the fourteenth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Gardner's novelization of Licence to Kill). Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.

Plot summary

With the help of his latest girlfriend Flicka von Grüsse, James goes after billionaire Sir Maxwell Tarn, who thinks he's the next Hitler. Captain Bond now works for MicroGlobe One rather than an ill M whom he visits to cheer up and keep informed of the plot. The global trail takes 007 to Puerto Rico via Spain, Israel and Germany.

During the story, Bond proposes to Flicka. An old friend reappears to aid James and split up this spy twosome.

Publication history

UK first hardback edition: August 1994 Hodder & Stoughton
U.S. first hardback edition: September 1994 Putnam
UK first paperback edition: May 1995 Coronet Books
U.S. first paperback edition: June 1995 Berkley Books

References

James Bond in literature

James Bond

James Bond
series

Ian Fleming	Casino Royale (1953) Live and Let Die (1954) Moonraker (1955) Diamonds Are Forever (1956) From Russia, with Love (1957) Dr. No (1958) Goldfinger (1959) For Your Eyes Only (1960) Thunderball (1961) The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) You Only Live Twice (1964) The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)
Kingsley Amis	Colonel Sun (1968)
John Gardner	Licence Renewed (1981) For Special Services (1982) Icebreaker (1983) Role of Honour (1984) Nobody Lives for Ever (1986) No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) Scorpius (1988) Win, Lose or Die (1989) Brokenclaw (1990) The Man from Barbarossa (1991) Death Is Forever (1992) Never Send Flowers (1993) SeaFire (1994) Cold (1996)
Raymond Benson	Zero Minus Ten (1997) The Facts of Death (1998) High Time to Kill (1999) DoubleShot (2000) Never Dream of Dying (2001) The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)
Sebastian Faulks	Devil May Care (2008)
Jeffery Deaver	Carte Blanche (2011)
William Boyd	Solo (2013)
Anthony Horowitz	Trigger Mortis (2015) Forever and a Day (2018) With a Mind to Kill (2022)
Charlie Higson	On His Majesty's Secret Service (2023)

Novelizations

Christopher Wood	James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) James Bond and Moonraker (1979)
John Gardner	Licence to Kill (1989) GoldenEye (1995)
Raymond Benson	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002)

Spin-off
works

R. D. Mascott

The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ (1967)

John Pearson

James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (1973)

Young Bond series

Charlie Higson	SilverFin (2005) Blood Fever (2006) Double or Die (2007) Hurricane Gold (2007) By Royal Command (2008)
Steve Cole	Shoot to Kill (2014) Heads You Die (2016) Strike Lightning (2016) Red Nemesis (2017)