''The Killing Zone'' is an unauthorised
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
novel by
Jim Hatfield
Jim Hatfield (born December 28, 1943) is an American former college basketball coach. He was head coach of the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys.
Hatfield played at East Tennessee ...
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It was privately published in paperback in 1985 under the guise that it was officially sanctioned by
Glidrose Publications (later Ian Fleming Publications), the company that held the rights to publish James Bond literary works. At the time, the official author of the Bond series was
John Gardner who wrote from 1981 to 1996.
It was first published in the United Kingdom as "A Charter Book" but is no longer in print.
Plot
The novel begins with the murder of
Bill Tanner by Klaus Doberman, a German-South American drug lord. Enraged by his friend's death, Bond disobeys his official orders to get revenge. According to the cover blurb on the back of the book, "In this new high voltage spy thriller, Secret Agent 007 must "liquidate" ruthless billionaire kingpin Klaus Doberman. But James Bond has his hands full as he battles a luscious lady assassin who offers lethal love Russian style and a slit-eyed Oriental sadist who is an elusive and deadly Ninja. Aided by his confederate Lotta Head and his old CIA buddy
Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the ''James Bond'' books, films and other media. The character is an operative for the CIA and Bond's friend. After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined the ...
, 007 is pitted against Klaus Doberman in his heavily armed fortress high in the
Mexican Sierra Madres ... in the most bloodcurdling death duel in the great Bond saga."
See also
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Outline of James Bond
Footnotes
External links
CommanderBond.net - The Mystery of The Killing ZoneOnline text versionof ''The Killing Zone''.
1985 American novels
James Bond books
Novels set in Mexico
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