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The criminal organization SPECTRE has been reformed. Bond, together with the CIA agent Cedar Leiter, is send to investigate Markus Bismaquer, who is suspected to be its new leader.
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The criminal organization SPECTRE has been reformed. re-created by an unknown mastermind, and has successfully executed a series of high-value airplane hijackings. Bond, together with the CIA agent Cedar Leiter, Leiter (daughter of Bond's old friend Felix Leiter), is send sent to investigate Markus Bismaquer, who is suspected to be its new leader.
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* NoBisexuals: [[spoiler:Averted with Markus Bismaquer - -- his fondness for Bond leads to him indirectly saving his life... and to his getting killed by his wife Nena.]] ]]
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* BigBad: The new Blofeld. [[spoiler:It's actually his daughter, Nena Bismaquer, who wants to murder 007 for the death of her father.]]
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* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Supposedly, Nena Blofeld decided to restore SPECTRE and carry on her father's legacy, hoping to get her revenge on 007 for killing him.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Markus Bismaquer sabotages Nena's deathtraps for both Cedar as well as Bond.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Markus Bismaquer sabotages Nena's deathtraps for both Cedar as well as Bond. He's then killed by his wife.]]
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* EverythingIsSexierInFrench: Nena is a French art student turned trophy wife. [[spoiler: She's also Blofeld's daughter.]]
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* EverythingIsSexierInFrench: EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Nena is a French art student turned trophy wife. [[spoiler: She's also Blofeld's daughter.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Markus Bismaquer sabotages Nena's deathtraps for both Cedar as well as Bond.]]
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* VillainousCrush: Markus has one on Cedar Leiter [[spoiler: and Bond.]]
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* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler: Blofeld's daughter.]]
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* DenserAndWackier: A large portion of this plot is about mind-controlling ice cream combined with particle weapons.
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** Markus Bismaquer is even older than his wife and actually surprises Bond who thinks, "I thought she would be younger but not THAT much younger."
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* LegacyVillain: There's a new Blofeld in charge of SPECTRE. [[spoiler: It turns out to be his daughter.]]
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* OlderThanTheyThink: [[spoiler: This book predates ''The World is Not Enough'' by over a decade in making the main Bond girl into a villain.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Blofeld is never referred to by a male or female pronoun in their segments. Also, Cedar Leiter suggests Nena could be the mastermind from the beginning.]]
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* LoveInterestTraitor: Bond thinks [[spoiler:Nena Bismaguer]] is the sympathetic BondGirl, but it turns [[spoiler:out she's the BigBad]].
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* LegacyVillain: There's a new Blofeld in charge of SPECTRE. [[spoiler: It turns out to be his daughter.]]
* LoveInterestTraitor: Bond thinks [[spoiler:NenaBismaguer]] Bismaquer]] is the sympathetic BondGirl, but it turns [[spoiler:out she's the BigBad]].BigBad]].
* MayDecemberRomance: Bond has to be at least in his mid-to-late forties with both Cedar Leiter and Mrs. Bismaquer being in their early twenties.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Bond has to be at least in his mid-to-late forties with both Cedar Leiter and Mrs. Bismaquer being in their early twenties.
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* {{Retcon}}: Neither Felix Leiter or Blofeld were ever said to have any children. It's doubly problematic with the fact Blofeld had syphilis.
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* HiddenVillain: A unique example as when the new leader of SPECTRE is shown in early chapters [[spoiler: Gardner never states it's a woman, avoiding anything about the sex and thus let it be a shock to the reader as well as Bond that it's Nena.]]
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* CallBack: Since SPECTRE is back in the spotlight, the death of Ernst Stavro Blofeld from ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' is referred to many times.
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* ContinuityNod: The death of Ernst Stavro Blofeld from ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' is referred to many times.
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The criminal organization SPECTRE has been reformed. Bond, together with the CIA agent Cedar Leiter, is send to investigate Markus Bismaquer, who is suspected to be its new leader.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Bond is the centerpiece of the SPECTRE's EvilPlan since [[spoiler:he killed Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the father of the organization's new leader Nena]].
* BigBad: The new Blofeld.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Bond is brainwashed to believe that he is a general in US army who is conducting an inspection on NORAD. [[spoiler:He manages to get over it since Markus Bismaquer, who had become infatuated with him, sabotaged the process]].
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Bond pushes [[spoiler:Nena Blofeld]] into a DeathTrap [[HoistByHisOwnPetard meant for him]] with a chair.
* ContinuityNod: The death of Ernst Stavro Blofeld from ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' is referred to many times.
* TheDragon: Walter Luxor, Bismaquer's right hand man.
* EvilPlan: SPECTRE has a plan to take over North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to get their hands on America's military space satellite network.
* LoveInterestTraitor: Bond thinks [[spoiler:Nena Bismaguer]] is the sympathetic BondGirl, but it turns [[spoiler:out she's the BigBad]].
* NoBisexuals: [[spoiler:Averted with Markus Bismaquer - his fondness for Bond leads to him indirectly saving his life... and to his getting killed by his wife Nena.]]
* RedRightHand: Walter Luxor looks like a corpse, and Markus's wife Nena Bismaquer has only one breast.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Nena Bismaquer is actually the daughter of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and the new leader of SPECTRE]].
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The big plan to take over NORAD hinges on its workforce ingesting ice cream provided by Bismaquer, that has mixture on it that makes its eater [[MindControlConspiracy susceptible to commands from a person with authority]].
* TitleDrop: At the end of the book, Bond receives a gift from Felix Leiter, which has the engraving "For Special Services" on it.
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