What do you think of The Killing Zone.

Subject: What do you think of The Killing Zone. Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 am

For those that don't know, The Killing Zone was a Bond novel written by James (Jim) Hatfield in 1985. IFP/Gildrose claim that they never approached Hatfield to write the book, but Hatfield claimed otherwise.

As we know, from 1981 to 1996, John Gardner was the official auther of the Bond books, yet in 1985, Gardner never wrote a Bond book that year. So if you've read the book, what did you think of it?

Wikipedia says...

The Killing Zone is an unauthorised James Bond novel by Jim Hatfield. 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 [1]. The text is available on the Internet, however

Spoiler:

I've never read the whole book, but I have read the ending, it it is indeed surprising to say the least.