And once Bond delves deeper into goings-on at the Moonraker base he discovers that both the project and its leader are something other than they pretend to be…” But there is more to the mysterious Drax than simply cheating at cards. “ At M’s request, Bond has gone up against Sir Hugo Drax at the card table, on a mission to teach the millionaire and head of the Moonraker project a lesson he won’t forget, and prevent a scandal engulfing Britain’s latest defense system. Teaser from the Penguin paperback edition: Opening Sentence: The two thirty-eights roared simultaneously.īest line: “He must play the role which she expected of him. Page Count: 256 (UK First Edition), 189 (US First Edition), 190 (UK Paperback), 175 (US Paperback) Story Locations: London and Kent (England) MI6 Personnel: M, Miss Moneypenny, Bill Tanner, Loelia Ponsonby The Allies: Lord Basildon, Sir Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Vallance The Villain: Sir Hugo ‘Hugger’ Drax a.k.a. They had said: ‘HELL IS HERE … HELL IS HERE … HELL IS HERE.’ When he had first seen the sign, half-hidden by the building, great crimson letters across the evening sky had flashed a different message. Bond smiled to himself and walked back to his car and drove on.
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