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Gardner 007

This timeline is a comprehensive list of important fictional historical events set out in John Gardner's 1981-1996 James Bond continuation novel series. Updating the timeframe to the 1980s, Gardner's series of fourteen novels picks up the career of James Bond some years after the Fleming novels ended. Due to the timeframe change Gardner's series suggests that Fleming's stories, took place in the 1960s and 70s, rather than the 1950s and 60s. Separate are Gardner's novelisations of EON Productions 007 films, which are not set in his literary timeline. Times are provided in local time zones.

Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers! Plot and/or ending details follow.


1910s

1919

1920s

1920

1930s

1939

1940s

1940

  • April 20: Maxwell Tarn and his mother Ilse become British citizens.[4] [EXPLICIT]

1946

  • Maxim Anton Smolin is born in Berlin to Christina von Geshmann, mistress of Soviet General Alexei Alexeiovich Smolin.[5] [EXPLICIT]

1948

1950s

1970s

1970

  • Lavender Peacock becomes Anton Murik's ward.[7] [EXPLICIT]

1971

  • c.1971: James Bond meets Irish fixer Big Mick Shean for the first time.[8] [EXPLICIT]
  • KGB purge follows the defection of Lyalin. General Konstantin Nikolaevich Chernov was one of the few senior officers to survive.[9] [EXPLICIT]

1972

1974

  • March 20: A would-be kidnapper attempts to abduct Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips. Their bodyguard's Walther PPK jams; leading to the weapon's withdrawl from British service shortly afterwards.[11] [EXPLICIT]

1977

  • Greek shipping magnate Niko Kruxator dies.[12] [EXPLICIT]

1979

1980s

1981

1982

  • James Bond saves Gardaí officer Norman Murray's life just on the Irish Republic's side of the border, not far from Crossmaglen.[15]
  • After occasional sightings throughout the 1970s, Vladimir Scorpius disappears completely.[16]
  • April 2 – June 14: Bond sees action in the Falklands War and is implied to have been inserted to secretly assist and train civilians before the real conflict began.[20][21]
  • November: Bond receives an inheritance of £250,000 (Adjusted for 2020 inflation: £902,309[22]) from his late uncle, Bruce Bond.[23]

1983

  • Middle of August: M takes advantage of the opportunity presented by Bond's windfall to use him as a "tethered goat" to attract and infiltrate a criminal organisation. Bond is subsequently "fired" from the Secret Intelligence Service.[25]

1984

  • February: The "disgraced" Bond follows a hedonistic routine to maintain his cover.[26]
  • March (?): Robbery of the Kruxator Collection in London.
  • March 15: The Kruxator Collection of paintings and jewellery were to go on display – for two weeks – at the Victoria and Albert Museum.[27]
  • April 19 or 26: Bond makes contact with M and Tanner at a building on St Martin's Lane. He is dispatched to investigate computer scientist Jay Autem Holy; starting at the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, Monaco.[28]

1985

  • Mid-to-late 1985: Bond takes a vacation and becomes the target of SPECTRE's "headhunt".[29]
  • Projected date by which the U.S. Space Wolves satellites would be controlled and operated at Peterson Air Force Base through See-Sok, an abbreviation of the "North American Air Defence Command’s Consolidation Space Operations Centre".[30] [EXPLICIT]

1986

  • Spring: General Konstantin Chernov begins executing the members of "Cream Cake"; leaving a grisly reminder of their betrayal by cutting out their tongues.[31]

1987

  • May: Emma Dupré is killed.[32]
  • June 11: United Kingdom general election.[32] [EXPLICIT]
  • October: BAST simultaneously bombs locations in London, Rome, California, Madrid, France, and Moscow.[33] [EXPLICIT]

1988

  • Spring: James Bond is promoted from Commander to the substantive rank of Captain RN and returns to active duty with the Royal Navy.[34][35]
  • Late Autumn: During the third week of his Harrier conversion course, James Bond avoids being shot down by an Sidewinder AIM-9J missile. Bond meets First Officer Clover Pennington.[36][37]
  • End of November: SIS listening-posts capture details of BAST's scheme to assassinate 007.[38]

1989

  • January: Operation Landsea ’89.[39] [EXPLICIT]
  • January 3: James Bond is flown to HMS Invincible twenty miles offshore Bremmerhaven, West Germany.[39] [EXPLICIT]
  • January 4: HMS Invincible has travelled a hundred miles into the North Sea, cruising slowly and waiting for the orders to be opened which will start Operation Landsea.[39] [EXPLICIT]

1990s

1993

1994

  • Late February: Bond and Fredericka von Grüsse cruise from the Virgin Islands to Miami aboard the Tarn Cruise Lines vessel, the Caribbean Prince. While on-board they avert an act of piracy at sea and, by pure happenchance, are forced to abandon the ship after she is torpedoed by accident.
  • March 29 (Tuesday): The British intelligence watch committee, MicroGlobe One, place suspected arms dealer Sir Maxwell Tarn under surveillance.[41]
  • April 8 (Friday):
    • Afternoon: Bond attends a meeting convened by MicroGlobe One. They dispatch 007 to assist in the capture of Sir Max Tarn.[42] [EXPLICIT]
    • Evening: Bond and Fredericka von Grüsse travel from London to spend the weekend at the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge.
    • GMT 10:00pm: Bond arrives at the hotel and encounters the Tarns also arriving.[43]
  • April 9 (Saturday): Bond and Fredericka von Grüsse spend the weekend at the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, where Tarn is speaking to a convention of economists that evening.
  • April 10 (Sunday):
    • GMT 3:30pm: Bond is contacted by Max Tarn's Staff Manager, Maurice Goodwin. He has a private meeting with Tarn in The Senate Suite.[44]
    • Late afternoon: As Max Tarn and his entourage depart early and fake their deaths in a traffic accident, Bond and Fredericka are abducted from the hotel by "Mr. Archibald" and "Mr. Cuthbert".
    • Evening: The pair are taken to Hall's Manor near Stanstead Airport and five miles south of the village of Hope End.
  • April 11 (Monday):
    • Planned date when MicroGlobe One intended to lift Tarn, his wife, and their asset; foiled by a mole inside the Committee.[45][46]
    • Early morning: Rather than kill Bond and Fredericka, Tarn orders that they be left there. The pair are rescued, taken to London and spend the day recovering. Tarn and his entourage depart for Paris by private jet and then on to Spain.
  • April 12 (Tuesday):
    • Afternoon: Bond and Fredericka are summoned to a full meeting and briefing on the situation.
    • Evening: Bond and Fredericka depart for Gibraltar courtesy of a RAF jet from Northolt and travel to Seville, Spain to extract Tarn's accountant and British informant, Peter Dolmech.[47]
  • April 13 (Wednesday):
    • CET 12:00pm: Peter Dolmech meets Bond and Fredericka at the Jardines del Alcázar in Seville. He is assassinated by two thugs on a Harley-Davidson and his satchel is stolen. 007 gives chase on a Triumph Daytona and pursues the pair of murderers into Itálica's amphitheater. Both are killed and Bond acquires the satchel.
    • Afternoon: After being held and interrogated by the Spanish police, Bond and Fredericka are released and return to London. They spend the next week pouring over the evidence.[48]
  • April 21 (Thursday):
    • GMT 12:00pm: M takes ill and is confined to his home, with a nurse in residence.[49][50]
    • GMT 2:30pm: Bond arrives at M's home, Quarterdeck, and is discreetly dispatched by the Admiral to extract Tarn's wife, Trish Nuzzi, from Israel.[51]
  • April 22 (Friday):
    • GMT Evening: Bond and Fredericka depart from Heathrow Airport for Ben Gurion International, Israel.[50]
  • April 23 (Saturday):
    • IST Early morning: The pair arrive in Israel and are met by their contact Pete Natkowitz. They are driven to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, eat at the Regency Grill and immediately head to Trish Nuzzi's suite. They are herded into the room by "Mr. Archibald" and "Mr. Cuthbert" - actually two female bodyguards named Anna and Cathy.
    • They question Trish and she agrees to leave with them. Bond and Fredericka head to their room and sleep until being awoken by a call from Natkowitz at 6:10am.[52]
    • IST 6:00am: Breaking her agreement to leave with Bond, Trish Nuzzi and her entourage fly to Paris.[53]
    • IST 12:00pm: Bond and Fredericka leave on an El Al flight from Ben Gurion International to Heathrow.
    • GMT 5:00pm: Max Tarn and his entourage arrive at Heathrow Airport, London via Dublin. They operate from a property behind Harrods.[54]
    • GMT 7:00pm: They arrive back at Bond's London flat.[55]
    • GMT 8:00pm: Bond attends a meeting at the Home Office with only the core members of The Committee.[56]
  • April 24 (Sunday):
    • GMT c.12:00am: A corporate jet feigning fuel problems lands at Duxford airfield.[57]
    • GMT 12:16am: Bond and Fredericka arrive at Hall's Manor and discover that Trish Nuzzi has been strangled and hung.[58]
    • GMT c.1:00am: Tarn and his entourage rendezvous at Duxford in Land-Rovers, board the plane and leave Britain.[57]
    • GMT 5:00am: The pair drive back to their London flat, take showers, and attempt to sleep. Bond proposes marriage to Fredericka.[59]
    • GMT 9:00am: Bond and Fredericka meet The Committee (minus the ailing M) at the Home Office. 007 takes four days' leave to investigate Tarn's activities in Bavaria.[60]
    • GMT Late afternoon: Bond departs for Munich aboard a Lufthansa flight.[61]
    • CET 11:00pm: Bond returns to his room at the Hotel Splendid, Munich after a light dinner, calls Fredericka and sleeps.[62]
  • April 25 (Monday):
    • CET 5:00am: The telephone rings with Bond's wake-up call.[63]
    • CET 6:30am: Bond departs for Wasserburg and arrives before eight o'clock.[64]
    • CET Morning: 007, posing as James Boldman, investigates Tarn's lawyers, the Saals.
    • CET 9:00pm: Bond infiltrates Tarnenwerder and watches Tarn, in a scene intentionally reminiscent of Hitler's Nuremberg rallies, addressing a gathering of Neo-Nazis.
    • CET c.10:30pm: 007 breaks into the lawyers' offices and collects incriminating evidence of Tarn's activities and the identity of the mole inside MicroGlobe One.[65]
  • April 26 (Tuesday):
    • CET After midnight: Bond arrives at Munich Airport, books a flight and calls Bill Tanner at his home number; very quickly laying the news on him.
    • CET 7:30am: Bond departs for London on a British Airways flight.[66]
    • GMT 8:30am: Bond arrives in London. He heads straight to the Home Office to expose the traitor inside The Committee.[67]
    • GMT Early afternoon: Bond and Fredericka visit the ailing M at Quarterdeck. Fearing complications with the Americans, the pair organise to travel to Puerto Rico behind the Committee's back.[68]
    • GMT 4:00pm: Bond meets Ann Reilly by the bandstand in Green Park, London. He orders Q-Branch equipment from her.[69]
  • April 27 (Wednesday):
    • GMT Morning: Bond and Fredericka attempt to board their flight at Gatwick, but are escorted back to talk with The Committee. They agree to officially dispatch Bond with the blessing of the Americans.[70]
  • April 28 (Thursday):,
    • GMT Morning: Bond and Fredericka take a flight from Gatwick to Puerto Rico, via Atlanta, Georgia.[71]
    • AST Late afternoon[72]: Bond's flight arrives at Luis Muñoz Marín International and travel to the Gran Hotel El Convento, San Juan.[73]
    • AST Evening: Bond and Fredericka join Felix in the Campana Bar; where they meet the three scientists constructing an antipollution device for Tarn's SeaFire project.[74]
  • April 29 (Friday):
    • AST Early morning: Bond, Flicka and Felix leave the hotel to drive across the island to spy on Tarn's villa near the town of Ponce.[75]
    • AST Late afternoon: Bond, Flicka and Felix arrive back at San Juan and visit the fortress of El Morro.[76]
    • AST Evening: They return to the El Convento Hotel, then set off to the harbour to dine with the hapless scientists aboard Tarn's experimental antipollution vessel, the Mare Nostrum. Bond and Flicka hide as Max Tarn arrives to brief the scientists on Operation SeaFire; a public demonstration of their system on the following night. Leiter is captured.[77]
    • AST c.9:00pm: Bond sets off from the hotel to infiltate Tarn's villa. Minutes later Fredericka is abducted from the suite by Maurice Goodwin and Beth.[78]
    • AST After 10:00pm: 007 infiltrates the submarine pen at Tarn's villa.[79]
  • April 30 (Saturday):
    • AST 2:30am: Having spent hours rigged the submarine with explosives, 007 is trapped on-board by the sudden return of its crew.[80]
    • AST 7:00pm: The Mare Nostrum departs San Juan.[81]
    • AST 7:30pm: The submarine reaches its ambush position in the Atlanic, north of San Juan. Bond begins his escape five minutes later, stabbing Kurt Rollen in the process.[82]
    • AST 7:46pm: Donning a Steinke Hood, 007 escapes from the vessel.[83]
    • AST 7:50pm: Bond's explosives detonate on-board the submarine; destroying it before it can fire on the oil tanker, Golden Bough at 8:00pm. He boards the Mare Nostrum, liberates the scientists and makes for the shore below El Morro.[84]
    • AST Night: Bond rendezvous with Captain Jim Dodd and his three men from the 22nd SAS. Tarn is killed shortly afterward during a joint SAS/Two Zeros airborne raid (using Powerchutes) on his observation point at the Castillo San Felipe del Morro; set alight by 007's incendiary device and shot dead. They fly to Tarn's villa and rescue Flicka and Leiter.

2000s

2009

  • Projected completion date of transference of existing SIS paperwork to digital databases.[85] [EXPLICIT]

Unknown

  • Bond aged 16: The first time he visits the Lake of Geneva. He spends a week with friends in Montreux, has a youthful holiday affair with a waitress from a lakeside café, and develops a taste for Campari-soda.[86]

References

  1. ↑ Gardner, John [1982] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 5: Cedar", For Special Services, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9781409135630. 
  2. ↑ Gardner, John [1981] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 4: Dossier on a Laird", Licence Renewed, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820457. “Anton Angus Murik. Born Murik Castle, Murcaldy, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, December 18th, 1920.” 
  3. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 4: Prince of Darkness", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Born: circa 1939 – possibly 20th June – and probably to the old Prussian Tarn family whose estates, ten kilometers from Wasserburg am Inn – some seventy kilometers from the Austrian border – were eventually confiscated by the Nazis.” 
  4. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 4: Prince of Darkness", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “His mother, Ilse Tarn, had supposedly taken him out of Germany shortly after his birth. He was certainly registered as an alien in London in 1940. The documents were extant, as were the naturalization papers which were dated 20th April 1940.” 
  5. ↑ Gardner, John [April 1987] (5 July 2012). "Chapter 6: Basilisk", No Deals, Mr. Bond, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Maxim Anton Smolin; born 1946 in Berlin of a German lady, Christina von Geshmann, by a Soviet General.” 
  6. ↑ Gardner, John [1981] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 3: The Opposition", Licence Renewed, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820457. “Franco Oliveiro Quesocriado; born Madrid 1948 of mixed parentage – Spanish father and an English mother.” 
  7. ↑ Gardner, John [1981] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 4: Dossier on a Laird", Licence Renewed, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820457. “Anton Murik’s ward. Miss Lavender Peacock. The relationship is not known. She became his ward in 1970, all legal – daughter of some second cousin, the court report says.” 
  8. ↑ Gardner, John [1987] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 5: Jacko B", No Deals, Mr. Bond, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “He had known Big Mick Shean for the best part of fifteen years [from 1986]...” 
  9. ↑ Gardner, John [April 1987] (5 July 2012). "Chapter 13: Blackfriar", No Deals, Mr. Bond, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Isn’t it true that you are practically the only senior officer to survive the 1971 purge...” 
  10. ↑ Gardner, John [1 June 1988] (2 August 2012). "Chapter 6: Two of a Kind", Scorpius, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “In 1972 Emerald Scorpius had died, tragically, in an accident at sea. Almost immediately Vladimir went missing from his usual way of life.” 
  11. ↑ Gardner, John [1981] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 5: The Road to Ascot", Licence Renewed, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820457. “By now, however, the PPK had been withdrawn from use, following its nasty habit of jamming at crucial moments. The weapon did this once too often, on the night of March 20th, 1974, when a would-be kidnapper with a history of mental illness attempted to abduct Princess Anne and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips. The royal couple’s bodyguard, Inspector James Beaton, was wounded, and, in attempting to return fire, his Walther jammed.” 
  12. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7 July 2011). "Chapter 1: Robbery with Violets", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9781605983394. 
  13. ↑ Gardner, John [1981] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 12: A Contract, Mr Bond", Licence Renewed, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820457. “‘Is that something to do with what they call the China Syndrome? I saw a movie with Jane Fonda . . .’ Bond continued to play innocent.” 
  14. ↑ Gardner, John [1981] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 2: Thoughts in a Surrey Lane", Licence Renewed, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820457. “Now on this beautiful Friday evening in early June, he was driving at breakneck speed back to London.” 
  15. ↑ Gardner, John [1987] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 6: Basilisk", No Deals, Mr. Bond, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Four years ago [from 1986], Bond had saved Murray’s life just on the Republic’s side of the border, not far from Crossmaglen; but that incident would remain buried in the secret archives of Bond’s Service.” 
  16. ↑ Gardner, John [1 June 1988] (2 August 2012). "Chapter 6: Two of a Kind", Scorpius, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “In 1982, he disappeared completely. The secret watchers and listeners of every Western intelligence and security agency heard no sound, picked up no trace, sensed no whisper of this once and only uncaught king of the arms dealers.” 
  17. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 4: Prince of Darkness", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “In 1982, at the age of forty-three he had married the twenty-six-year-old Trish Nuzzi, the instrument and spoke into it quietlyre, thenarguably the most sought-after model of her time.” 
  18. ↑ Gardner, John [7th July 1983] (23rd June 2011). "Chapter 3: Knives for Dinner", Icebreaker, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Now, in mid-winter, the Esplanade Park took on a new, original function.” 
  19. ↑ Gardner, John [7th July 1983] (23rd June 2011). "Chapter 2: A Liking for Blondes", Icebreaker, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “January is not the most pleasant time of year to visit the Arctic. If, however, you have to do some survival training of a clandestine nature in severe winter conditions, the Finnish area of the Arctic Circle is as good a place as any.” 
  20. ↑ Gardner, John [7th July 1983] (23rd June 2011). "Chapter 2: A Liking for Blondes", Icebreaker, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Bond was what the American Service speaks of as a ‘singleton’ – a roving case officer who is given free rein to carry out special tasks, such as the ingenious undercover work he had undertaken during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982.” 
  21. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2nd August 2012). "Endnotes", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Though it has only been hinted at, and never admitted in print, Bond almost certainly saw action during the Falklands War. It has been said that he was the man landed secretly to assist and help train civilians before the real shooting war started.” 
  22. ↑ "UK inflation calculator | Bank of England". www.bankofengland.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  23. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 2: Outer Darkness", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Then, early in the following November, came the legacy.” 
  24. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 2: Outer Darkness", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “The Mulsanne Turbo was delivered in the late spring...” 
  25. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 2: Outer Darkness", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “In the middle of August, when London was crowded with tourists, and a torpor appeared to hang over the Regent’s Park Headquarters, there was a summons from M’s secretary...” 
  26. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 3: Riotous Living", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “In the month before the Kruxator robbery Bond himself had been following a hedonistic routine. He stayed in bed until noon and ventured forth only in the evenings, to restaurants, clubs and gaming houses, usually with a pretty girl in tow.” 
  27. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 1: Robbery with Violets", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. 
  28. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 3: Riotous Living", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “...towards the end of April, around noon one mild, bright Thursday, the telephone rang in Bond’s flat...” 
  29. ↑ Gardner, John [26th June 1986] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 1: The Road South", Nobody Lives for Ever, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “You agreed I could take my month now. If you remember, I had to postpone it earlier in the year.” 
  30. ↑ Gardner, John [1982] (23 June 2011). "Chapter 17: Heavenly Wolf", For Special Services, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9781409135630. 
  31. ↑ Gardner, John [1987] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 2: Seahawk Plus Five", No Deals, Mr. Bond, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was spring, the best time of the year...” 
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Gardner, John [1988] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 1: The Longest Mile", Scorpius, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “At exactly ten minutes after midnight the girl stepped from the train, pausing for a moment, surprised at the newspaper poster in front of the closed kiosk: PRIME MINISTER CALLS GENERAL ELECTION – JUNE 11th ... There were no taxis, and the rain had turned into a fine drizzle: par for the course in May.” 
  33. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 2: Voices from the Air", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. 
  34. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2 August 2012). "Chapter 2: Voices from the Air", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “BOND, James. Commander RNVR. Relieved of current liaison duties at the Foreign Office. Promoted to the substantive rank of Captain RN and returned to active service forthwith.” 
  35. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2 August 2012). "Chapter 2: Voices from the Air", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Because, 007, in the late winter of next year [1989], the Royal Navy, together with élite troops, air forces, and the navies of all the NATO powers, including the United States Navy, will be carrying out an exercise: Landsea ’89.” 
  36. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2 August 2012). "Chapter 3: Reflections in a Harrier", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “He was now into the third week of his Harrier conversion course, and eight months into his return to active duty with the Royal Navy.” 
  37. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2 August 2012). "Chapter 4: A Sunday in the Country", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “He drove to Cheddar, pleased that on this late autumn Sunday there were few other people on the road.” 
  38. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 5: The Christmas Horse", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. 
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Gardner, John [1989] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 9: Northanger", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. 
  40. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 3: Fool's Errand", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Last autumn he acquired a submarine [as of Friday 8th April 1994]” 
  41. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 3: Fool's Errand", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “We have kept Tarn and his wife under surveillance for the past ten days [as of Friday 8th April 1994]” 
  42. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 3: Fool's Errand", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was still only an unpleasant, frustrating memory to both Bond and Flicka on the morning of April 8th when Bond was summoned to a sudden, and unexpected, meeting convened by MicroGlobe One, his lords and masters as far as Two Zeros was concerned ... It was a Friday” 
  43. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 3: Fool's Errand", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was just past ten o’clock, and in front of them a Rolls Royce was being unloaded, boxed in by two sleek black Rovers.” 
  44. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 5: Truth or Dare", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “By three o’clock they were both getting edgy, but the telephone rang half-an-hour later.” 
  45. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 3: Fool's Errand", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “lift Tarn, his wife, and our asset, which seems to be the straightforward route. Tentatively we plan to do this first thing on Monday morning.” 
  46. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 6: Knight's Move", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was there, on the papers. Monday 11th.” 
  47. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 9: Cradle of History", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “They had come in via Gibraltar, courtesy of a Royal Air Force jet from Northolt, on the previous evening.” 
  48. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 10: Cathy and Anna", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “During the following week, they suddenly appeared to be in business at the office in Bedford Square. Memos and instructions began to filter down from on high. Documents, obviously from the contents of Dolmech's satchel, were being brought over by special messenger, and the Double-Oh staff began to follow paper trails from the many boxes of files, computer disks, and tapes that had been taken from the main offices of Tarn International.” 
  49. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 10: Cathy and Anna", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was noon when he took the call, and Bond immediately made plans to get out of the office.” 
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 10: Cathy and Anna", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “"I'll slip off on Friday night." "Tomorrow? You can't manage it tonight, or in the morning? "Don't think that would be wise, sir. Don't worry, though, I'll report back to you personally before I bring anyone else into the charmed circle.""” 
  51. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 10: Cathy and Anna", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “M's home, Quarterdeck — the beautiful Regency manor house on the edge of Windsor Forest. He stopped off for a pub lunch, and finally arrived at the house just before two-thirty.” 
  52. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 11: Trish Nuzzi", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Bond looked at his watch and saw that this was not his wake-up call requested for seven, as the time showed ten minutes past six.” 
  53. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 11: Trish Nuzzi", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “"I don't know how you got on last night, but I've just had a call from BG International. It appears that Trish Nuzzi and her entourage left on the six o'clock to Paris."” 
  54. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 13: Hell of an Engagement Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “On the Dublin flight that gets in at around five.” 
  55. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 12: A Horrible Way to Die", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “They were back in the London flat at around seven in the evening to find twelve messages waiting on the secure telephone and one showing on the private line.” 
  56. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 12: A Horrible Way to Die", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “I can get people together within the hour, so would like you at the Home Office by eight o'clock” 
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 16: Dead or Alive", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “...a corporate jet landed at Duxford just after midnight. Claimed he had a fuel problem. They let him fill up and the pilot made a telephone call. About an hour later, as I understand it, a pair of Land-Rovers turned up and the occupants climbed out and boarded the aircraft.” 
  58. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 12: A Horrible Way to Die", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “The luminous dial of Bond's watch showed it to be sixteen minutes past midnight. They had, in fact, made incredibly good time, and now he wondered if they should just go charging in, or take it stealthily all the way.” 
  59. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 13: Hell of an Engagement Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “They drove back to the flat, took showers, and attempt to sleep. stretched out for a much-needed rest, for, by now, it was almost five in the morning.” 
  60. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 13: Hell of an Engagement Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “They arrived at the Home Office, refreshed in a new warmth to one another, happy but somber, at exactly nine o'clock. The Committee was assembled in its entirety but for M, who — Bill Tanner said — was as well as could be expected.” 
  61. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Bond spent half an hour hunched over the telephone calling Lufthansa and booking a return flight to Munich leaving late that afternoon, then reserving a single room at Munich's Splendid.” 
  62. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “He ate a dinner so light and frugal that the headwaiter raised his eyebrows and frowned, and by eleven was back in his room.” 
  63. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “...the telephone rang with his wake-up call at five in the morning...” 
  64. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “He was on the road by just after six-thirty, and by seven had left the outskirts of Munich far behind, heading out on the B-304. Before eight o'clock he came into Wasserburg...” 
  65. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was almost ten-thirty as he steered the car into the parking lot...” 
  66. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “...he had a very long wait, as there were no flights to London until a British Airways departure at seven-thirty in the morning..” 
  67. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 14: Legal Nightmare Party", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “The BA Airbus 360 landed at exactly eight-thirty local time — a two-hour trip with a time difference of one hour between Munich and London.” 
  68. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 17: Busman's Honeymoon", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “They stopped for lunch on the way to the M4 and, eventually, Quarterdeck.” 
  69. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 17: Busman's Honeymoon", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “You can meet Ms. Reilly by the bandstand in Green Park at four o'clock sharp. Now go, James, Fredericka, before an old man gets stupidly sentimental.” 
  70. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 17: Busman's Honeymoon", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “The following morning, they drove to Gatwick, put the car into the long-term lot, and began the process of getting to the air side of the terminal.” 
  71. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 18: Apocalypse", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “On the following morning, there was no holdup as they went through the routine passport check at Gatwick, and the flight to Atlanta took off on time.” 
  72. ↑ April 28 date assumes an early "morning" departure time between 6am-8am and combined travel time approximately 14 hours (9 hr 30 min to Atlanta, 3 hr 35 min ATL-SJU, approx. 1 hour connection time), minus four hours time difference in Peurto Rico. The pair arrive before sunset at AST 6:46pm.
  73. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 20: Things Ancient and Modern", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was late afternoon, and the day had provided more information, none of it comforting.” 
  74. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 20: Things Ancient and Modern", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “Just in time for a predinner drink, James, old buddy.” 
  75. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 20: Things Ancient and Modern", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “The banter between Bond and his old friend had begun early that morning when they left the hotel to drive across the island to the town of Ponce.” 
  76. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 20: Things Ancient and Modern", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was late afternoon, and the day had provided more information, none of it comforting.” 
  77. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 19: The Old Texas Cowhand", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “"About Apocalypse? Sure, I know most of what you know. I've even been across the island to look at the little country place he has here. I'll take you over for a look-see tomorrow."” 
  78. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 22: U-boat", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “You've got until nine in the morning. Right?" He gave her a bleak smile, signaling agreement to the compromise. Glancing at his watch, he saw it was just after nine now. "I've got less than twelve hours."” 
  79. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 22: U-boat", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “He glanced at the dashboard digital clock. Ten P.M.; he had eleven hours, and if nobody was guarding the submarine he could set his little jewels.” 
  80. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 23: Between the Devil and the Deep", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “It was almost two-thirty in the morning. Had he really been that long in setting the plastique explosives.” 
  81. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 21: Briefing", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “You will leave this berth at seven o'clock tomorrow night. On the dot of seven, so that you will reach here." He was obviously showing Rexinus a point on the chart, and aloud he gave a latitude and longitude. "This will bring you to within one nautical mile of the initial explosion.” 
  82. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 24: SeaFire", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “At seven-thirty exactly the captain gave the final order. 'Stop engines. We're there and Golden Bough is coming in.'” 
  83. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 24: SeaFire", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “As he did so, he caught a glimpse of his watch. It was seven forty-six.” 
  84. ↑ Gardner, John [August 1994] (8 November 2012). "Chapter 21: Briefing", Seafire, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. “MetroTex, has one of their supertankers coming into this harbor at precisely eight o'clock tomorrow night. It is a huge affair and will be fully loaded. Thousands upon thousands of gallons of oil and gasoline. The name of that enormous ship is Golden Bough...” 
  85. ↑ Gardner, John [1989] (2nd August 2012). "Chapter 7: Hellkin", Win, Lose or Die, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. 
  86. ↑ Gardner, John [1984] (7th July 2011). "Chapter 18: The Magic Carpet", Role of Honour, James Bond (in En-UK). Orion. ISBN 9780857820518. 

 
Gardner continuity (BW)
Novels
Licence Renewed (1981) • For Special Services (1982) • Icebreaker (1983) • Role of Honour (1984) • Nobody Lives For Ever (1986) • No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) • Scorpius (1988) • Win, Lose or Die (1989) • Brokenclaw (1990) • The Man from Barbarossa (1991) • Death is Forever (1992) • Never Send Flowers (1993) • SeaFire (1994) • COLD (1996)
Characters
Allies
James Bond • M • Miss Moneypenny • Bill Tanner • Ann "Q'ute" Reilly • Lavender Peacock • Mary Jane Mashkin • Cedar Leiter • Paula Vacker • Persephone Proud • Cindy Chalmer • Sukie Tempesta • Ebbie Heritage • Maxim Smolin • Harriett Horner • Beatrice Maria da Ricci • Nikki Ratnikov • Sue Chi-Ho • Ed Rushia • Pete Natkowitz • Henri Rampart • Stephanie Adoré • Elizabeth Zara St. John • Fredericka von Grüsse
Antagonists
Anton Murik • Caber • Franco Quesocriado • Nena Bismaquer • Markus Bismaquer • Walter Luxor • Konrad von Glöda • Rivke Ingber • Koyla Mosolov • Tamil Rahani • Jay Autem Holy • Steve Quinn • Herr Doktor Kirchtum • Nannie Norrich • Konstantin Chernov • Heather Dare • Norman Murray • Vladimir Scorpius • Bassam Baradj • Abou Hamarik • Clover Pennington • Lee Fu-Chu • Agent Nolan • Agent Wood • Yevgeny Yuskovich • Wolfgang Weisen • David Dragonpol • Maxwell Tarn • Brutus Clay • Luigi Tempesta
Organisations
Secret Intelligence Service • Transworld Exports • MI5 • SPECTRE • CIA • Communication Control Systems • Department V • The Meek Ones • BAST • Cabal • GRU • Department 8 of Directorate S • Norrich Universal Bodyguards • MicroGlobe One • Children Of the Last Days
Equipment
TH70 Nitefinder goggles • Cigarette microbug • VL 22H counter-surveillance receiver • Dunhill lighter (Q Branch) • MBA Gyrojet pistol • Colt Cobra • Ruger Blackhawk • Applegate-Fairbairn combat knife • "Happy Cream" • Airguard revolver • ASP pistol • Glaser slug • Harmonica bug • Powerchute
Vehicles
Saab 900 Turbo • Bell 206 JetRanger • Bentley Mulsanne Turbo • Volkswagen Corrado • Kamov Ka-25 • Cessna 182 • Type VIIC U-boat • Mare Nostrum
Locations
Ascot Racecourse • Murik Castle • Rancho Bismaquer • Three Sisters Castle
Misc
John Gardner's timeline
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