Summary- This story wraps up the events of You Only Live Twice". The reader finds out that Bond discovered he had a son, James Suzuki. Bond had seen him several times, and helped support the child, who ended up in America. When Kissy Suzuki died of cancer, Bond put James through college, and James became a banker. Bond receives a note that he should come to New York. Bond does, and when he gets to his son's apartment he finds him dead, poisoned. Bond goes to the bank where James worked at after finding a safe deposit key. A hapless locksmith takes a bomb intended for Bond. Bond spies an old bag lady he had seen hanging around James's apartment. Bond chases her to an old abandoned warehouse. It turns out that the lady is Irma Bunt, who survived the explosion many years ago in Japan. With some help from an American agent, Bond is saved from being poisoned himself, and he kills Bunt. My Grade- B+ Benson's first Bond work is pretty good. It wraps up some lose ends from Fleming's era, and paves the way for Benson to come up with more original stories. Best Moment After being shaved with a fugu-poison tipped razor by Bunt, Bond escapes and kills her. Even lying in the hospital with a shot leg, Bond is happy at the closure that brings to a dark chapter in his life.
