Summary- The plot of the novel is very similar to the movie, as is expected from a novelization of a movie. M calls Bond in to show him that someone knows how to track nuclear submarines by their wake. Now, that person is planning to sell the blueprints to the highest bidder. Also, a British submarine and Russian submarine, both with nuclear capabilities have been stolen. With the sometimes reluctant help of Russian agent Major Anya Amasova, Bond hunts down the microfilm of the blueprints, and links them to Sigmund Stromberg, a man using a modified tanker to "swallow" the submarines. He wants to cause Armageddon by having the Russian sub fire at New York, and the American sub at Moscow. That way, a nuclear war would break out, and he would be able to start a new civilization. Bond manages, with help from the American and British navies, to destroy Stromberg, and his underwater lair. My Grade- B+ Wood's novel is very good. If possible, it is even better that the movie, which is my favorite of the Roger Moore Bond films. It is very, very different from Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me, and I like them equally, for different reasons. Best Moment- The Wet Nellie underwater car scene is even more compelling in the novel than in the movie. It is the most original, inventive chase scene in either the movies or the novels so far.
