Title Licence Renewed

Coronet Books British paperback edition.
Author	John Gardner
Cover artist	Richard Chopping (Jonathan Cape ed.)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	James Bond
Genre(s)	Spy novel
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Released	1981
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	272 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	ISBN 0-224-01941-4 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by	James Bond and Moonraker
Followed by	For Special Services

Licence Renewed (published in American editions as License Renewed), first published in 1981, is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel (not counting novelisations and a faux biography) since Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun in 1968. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Richard Marek. Download high resolution version (509x835, 101 KB) This image is a book cover. ... John Gardner, circa 1984 John Edmund Gardner (born November 20, 1926) is an English spy novelist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... The spy fiction genre (sometimes called political thriller) first arose just before the First World War, at about the same time, the first organized intelligence agencies were being formed. ... Jonathan Cape has been since 1987 an imprint of Random House. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Moonraker is a 1979 James Bond film starring Roger Moore, based on the book by Ian Fleming. ... Berkley Books American paperback edition. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Gardner, circa 1984 John Edmund Gardner (born November 20, 1926) is an English spy novelist. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author and journalist as well as Second World War Naval Officer, best remembered for writing the series of novels featuring the character James Bond, as well as the childrens story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... This is an article on biographies. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books. ... Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. ... Jonathan Cape has been since 1987 an imprint of Random House. ...

The release of Licence Renewed successfully relaunched the Bond literary franchise, being the first of 14 original novels by Gardner until his retirement in 1996. In that time frame Gardner also wrote two novelisations.

Updating James Bond

When hired to begin a new series of James Bond novels, author John Gardner was tasked with updating James Bond and his allies and transporting them into the 1980s.

Updating the time frame to the 1980s, Gardner's series picks up the career of James Bond some years after the Fleming novels ended. Due to the time frame change Gardner's series suggests that Fleming's stories took place in the 1960s and 70s, rather than the 1950s and 60s.

Likewise with James Bond, his companions and allies, specifically those working for the British Secret Service such as M, Bill Tanner, Miss Moneypenny, and Q are also all transported to the 1980s, although Q is rarely mentioned and is mostly substituted by Ann Reilly, a genius of gadgetry who is promptly nicknamed "Q'ute" by fellow workers as well as Bond, not long before being added to Bond's long list of romantic conquests. The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the United Kingdoms external intelligence agency. ... M is the title and code letter for James Bonds boss, the fictional head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6 (or MI7). ... The following is a list of recurring and notable allies found throughout the James Bond films and novels. ... Miss Moneypenny is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ... Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ... Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ...

Plot summary

Chapter List

1. Passenger for Flight 154
2. Thoughts in a Surrey Lane
3. The Opposition
4. Dossier on a Laird
5. The Road to Ascot
6. Pearls Before Swine
7. King of the Castle
8. Virgin on the Rocks
9. All Mod Cons
10. Dilly-Dilly
11. The Slingshot Syndrome
12. A Contract, Mr. Bond
13. Nightride
14. High Frequency
15. Gone Away
16. Fête and Fate
17. Death in Many Fashions
18. A Watched Plot
19. Ultimatum
20. Warlock
21. Airstrike
22. Warlock's Castle
23. Quite a Lady

When Licence Renewed begins, M reminds Bond that the 00 section has in fact been abolished; however, M retains Bond as a troubleshooter (pun intended), telling him "You'll always be 007 to me". Bond is assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been having meetings with a terrorist named Franco. Franco is identified and tracked by MI5 to a village in Scotland called Murcaldy. Since Murcaldy is outside of MI5's jurisdiction, the Director-General of MI5, Richard Duggan requests that M send Bond to survey Murik. Relying on information that MI5 did not have, M changes Bond's assignment to instead infiltrate Murik's Scottish castle and gain Murik's confidence. Terrorist redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I...

Bond makes contact with Murik at Ascot Racecourse where he feigns a coincidental meeting, mentioning to Murik that he is a mercenary looking for work. Later, Bond joins Murik in Scotland at Murik's behest and is hired to kill Franco, for reasoning at the time unknown. Franco in turn has been tasked by Murik to kill his young ward, Lavender Peacock because she was the true heir to the Murik fortune, which could only be proved by secret documents Anton kept in a hidden safe within his castle. Ascot Racecourse is a racecourse, located in the village of Ascot in the English county of Berkshire used for thoroughbred horse racing. ... A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict and is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that...

Murik's plan is to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world simultaneously with the aid of bands of terrorists supplied by Franco. To ensure that Murik can never be associated to this deal, he attempts to use Bond to assassinate Franco. Ultimately terrorists do take over six nuclear power plants, but are prevented from starting a meltdown when they are given an abort code by Bond, believing him to be Murik. Murik is eventually defeated by Bond and Lavender before his demands were met. A nuclear power station. ... A nuclear meltdown occurs when the core of a nuclear reactor ceases to be properly controlled and cooled due to failure of control or safety systems, and fuel assemblies (containing the uranium or plutonium reactor fuel and highly radioactive fission products) inside the reactor begin to overheat and melt. ...

Characters in "Licence Renewed"

• James Bond - agent 007
• M - head of the British Secret Intelligence Service
• Bill Tanner - M's Chief of Staff
• Miss Moneypenny - M's secretary
• Ann Reilly aka Q'ute - Q Branch

• Dr. Anton Murik

  Dr. Anton Murik is the current Laird of Murcaldy, owning the village of Murcaldy as well as most of the land surrounding it. Murik is a brilliant nuclear physicist who had been kicked out of the Atomic Energy Commission for his radical beliefs on the safety of nuclear power. Murik had claimed to have designed a nuclear reactor that was as powerful as a standard nuclear power plant, but safely disposed of the nuclear waste - a view debunked by many other nuclear physicists. To make a point to the world that the current nuclear power plants in use around the world were unsafe, Murik planned to have terrorists infiltrate six plants simultaneously and start a global meltdown.

• Mary Jane Mashkin

  Mashkin is Murik's mistress who attempts to become "more than friends" with James Bond to see if Bond was lying to Murik about being a mercenary looking for work.

• Lavender Peacock

  Lavender, also known as "Dilly" and later "Lady Murik", is Dr. Anton Murik's ward. Unbeknownst to her, she is the true heir to the Murik family fortune.

• Caber

  Caber is Anton Murk's personal bodyguard and the "Champion of Murcaldy". He especially dislikes Bond for beating him in a wrestling match in which Bond cheated to ensure victory.

• Franco

  Franco Oliveiro Quesocriado is an international terrorist leader wanted in most European countries as well as some in the Middle East. He aids Murik by supplying willing terrorists for his meltdown operation and additionally accepts the task of assassinating Murik's ward, Lavender.

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The Silver Beast

Saab 900 Turbo promotional artwork released in conjunction with Licence Renewed.

In Licence Renewed Bond drives a Saab 900 Turbo. For some editions of the book, the car is shown as black or red on the book cover; however, in the book the car is silver coloured. The vehicle took on the nickname the "Silver Beast" in the follow-up Gardner novel, For Special Services. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 736 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (810 × 660 pixel, file size: 113 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Promotional material created by Saab and released in conjunction with John Gardners first James Bond novel, Licence Renewed. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 736 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (810 × 660 pixel, file size: 113 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Promotional material created by Saab and released in conjunction with John Gardners first James Bond novel, Licence Renewed. ... See Saab 900 (NG) (a. ... See Saab 900 (NG) (a. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Berkley Books American paperback edition. ...

The car is Bond's personal vehicle, updated on his own expense by Communication Control Systems Ltd (CCS), a real life company that advised author John Gardner with ideas about feasible gadgets to be used. Consequently, Gardner gave them the credit in the book and not Q Branch. Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ...

With the release of Licence Renewed Saab Automobile took the opportunity to launch a Bond themed promotional campaign complete with an actual car outfitted like the one in the book (but using smoke instead of tear gas).^[2] The car includes: Saab Automobile AB is a subsidiary of General Motors. ...

• Water-cooled turbo engine modification per Saab Law Enforcement specifications, producing a top speed in excess of 170 MPH.
• Modified fuel system capable of running on petrol or gasohol.
• Halon 12 fire extinguishing system and fire-proofing.
• Digital Head-Up Display.
• Remote text-messaging system via black box phone hook up to landline.
• Mobile phone.
• Four external tear gas ducts.
• A filter to neutralise deadly gas entering the car’s passenger cabin.
• Oxygen masks under the seats in CO₂-operated compartment.
• Several hidden compartments in dashboard containing "TH70 Nitefinder" goggles (for driving without headlights), grenades, one unauthorized Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum revolver and one Browning automatic handgun.
• Fully armour-plated body.
• Bulletproof glass.
• Steel-reinforced ramming bumpers back and front.
• Heavy-duty Dunlop Denovos tires, self-sealing even after being hit by bullets.
• Side gun port.
• Remote starter kit.
• Rotating license plates.
• Two halogen fog lamps.
• Aircraft headlight hidden behind front license plate.^[3]

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Trivia

• An early segment of the book that takes place at the Ascot Racecourse, where Murik is shown cheating. The segment is similar to a scene in the 1985 Bond film, A View to a Kill, but it's not known if this was a deliberate nod to Gardner's book or a coincidence.
• John Gardner had initially asked Glidrose to title the book "Meltdown". In the end; however, Glidrose settled on Licence Renewed, a title that in actuality has little, if anything, to do with plot of the novel.

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Publication history

• UK first hardback edition: May 1981 Jonathan Cape
• U.S. first hardback edition: April 1981 Richard Marek
• UK first paperback edition: 1982 Coronet Books
• U.S. first paperback edition: May 1982 Berkley Books

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References

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External links

• Overview of Licence Renewed at CommandBond.net
• Coverage of Licence Renewed at MI6.co.uk