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* CallingCard: Alongside with numbers next to the victims, the Number Killer also makes sure that there is always a statue of a [[ClassicalMythology Greek god]] nearby.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Hera Volopoulos, who is just as vengeful as her namesake Greek goddess.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Minor character Panos Sambrakos is named after a guide that Benson had while visiting Greece.
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The third ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel (the {{Novelization}} of the film ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' being the second) by Raymond Benson, published in 1998.
Several chemical attacks has been carried out against Brits in UsefulNotes/{{Cyprus}} by a perpetrator dubbed as the "Number Killer", due to the painted numbers left into the scenes of the crime. Bond, who was part of the initial investigation, becomes fully involved when one of these attacks take place in London, and he ends up against an organization called Decada, which seeks to end [[UsefulNotes/NorthCyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]].
!!This novel has examples of:
* AlliterativeName: Ashley Anderson, an infertility doctor and the Decada member Number Ten.
* ArmsDealer: The US-based organization The Suppliers specializes in selling weapons to criminals and terrorists like Decada. It is eventually revealed that Decada had taken it over some time ago.
* AutoErotica: Bond and Mirakos spend some time together in Bond's Jaguar after a blowing up some {{Mooks}}' who tried to kill them on a mountain path.
* BigBad: The Monad, the One of Decada, a.k.a. Konstantine Romanos.
* BondOneLiner: One is given by Bond when he destroys the helicopter containing the remaining Decada members.
-->'''Bond''': [[WelcomeToHell Welcome to Hades]], [[spoiler:Hera]].
* TheBrute: Romanos' cousin Vasillis, the Number Seven of Decada, who is a huge man acting as his bodyguard and enforcer.
* CallingCard: Alongside with numbers next to the victims, the Number Killer also makes sure that there is always a statue of a [[ClassicalMythology Greek god]] nearby.
* ContinuityNod:
** It is mentioned how Sir Miles' previous servants, the Hammonds, met their untimely deaths during "the Literature/ColonelSun affair".
** Sir Miles tells Bond that Alfred Hutchinson has a terrible temper at [[SoreLoser losing at cards]], which reminds him of [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Sir Hugo Drax]].
** The events of ''Literature/ForSpecialServices'' are alluded to when Bond goes to Texas to meet Felix Leiter, with a mention of him losing his limbs in ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' thrown in as well.
** Sir Miles tells Bond that Alfred Hutchinson's father was court martialed for "mislaying" NaziGold, and likens it to the situation from the short story "[[Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights Octopussy]]".
* DestinationDefenestration: A guard dog attacks Bond as he spies on Vasillis in Texas, and he uses its own momentum to hurl it through a window.
* TheDragon: Hera Volopoulos, the Number Two of Decada, a DarkActionGirl who was in fact raised by Romanos. Her experience comes in handy [[spoiler: for her work as the Number Killer]].
* EvilPlan:
** Dacada is going to commit ten acts of violence to provoke a conflict in Cyprus, which is supposed to end with Greece completely claiming the island for its own.
** [[spoiler:Hera, the traitorous member of Decada, plans to take over the organization and let loose a virus that acts like a ricin poisoning, and extort the world for the vaccine]].
* EvilVegetarian: All main Decada members are strict vegetarians. Knowing this fact helps Bond deduce that [[spoiler:Manville Duncan]] is a member of the group.
* ItsForABook: Bond, with Mirakos, learns about the New Pythagoreans, whom he suspect of being a front for Decada, firsthand by visiting them under a guise of writing about philosophy and religion.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: As Dr. Anderson has Bond on gunpoint, he uses the moment to ask her if the infertility clinic [=ReproCare=] is a front for a terrorist organization called the Suppliers. Her answer is fairly typical ("Since you’re going to die in a few minutes, I suppose it won’t hurt to tell you"), but she refuses to tell him about the people whom Suppliers are shipping chemicals to (it's Decada).
* MissionFromGod: Romanos believes that ancient Greek gods talk to him, and he is enacting their will. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Hera also believes that gods talk to her, and betrays him on their "command"]].
* NebulousEvilOrganization: Decada is a numerical and ancient Greece -influenced organization which seeks to drive Turks out of Cyprus.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: After being captured by Hera (again), Bond is taken to Romanos' yacht. Romanos insists upon being a good host, and treats Bond a dinner while explaining his history and big plan.
* ParasolOfPain: [[spoiler:Alfred Hutchinson]] is killed by getting stung by a poisoned umbrella. The real-life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov#Assassination assasination of Georgi Markov]] is immediately brought up upon this revelation.
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Bond fights two {{Mooks}} in a cable lift, and at one point grabs their heads and hits them with each other.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Alfred Hutchinson was not a Decada member, his lawyer and assistant Manville Duncan is]].
* SmokingHotSex: Played straight, and conversed, by Bond and Hera after a hour of passion.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink:
** Number Killer's fifth chemical attack is spraying anthrax inside a ship full of food cargo. It is foiled by [[spoiler:Alfred Hutchinson (who's angry at Decada for killing his father)]] alarming the authorities, stopping the deaths of tens of thousands of northern Cypriots.
** Hera manages to capture Bond for Decada by feeding him drugged meat.
* TitleDrop: The title appears in a note that Alfred Hutchinson prepared for M in case [[spoiler:that he would be killed by the Decada]].
-->The facts of life are such that we are all human and we all make mistakes. Alas, the facts of death do not allow us to properly correct those mistakes.
* TheXOfY: The novel's title.
* YouAreNumberSix: Each ten main members of Decada have assigned numbers, with their leader being the One.
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Several chemical attacks has been carried out against Brits in UsefulNotes/{{Cyprus}} by a perpetrator dubbed as the "Number Killer", due to the painted numbers left into the scenes of the crime. Bond, who was part of the initial investigation, becomes fully involved when one of these attacks take place in London, and he ends up against an organization called Decada, which seeks to end [[UsefulNotes/NorthCyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]].
!!This novel has examples of:
* AlliterativeName: Ashley Anderson, an infertility doctor and the Decada member Number Ten.
* ArmsDealer: The US-based organization The Suppliers specializes in selling weapons to criminals and terrorists like Decada. It is eventually revealed that Decada had taken it over some time ago.
* AutoErotica: Bond and Mirakos spend some time together in Bond's Jaguar after a blowing up some {{Mooks}}' who tried to kill them on a mountain path.
* BigBad: The Monad, the One of Decada, a.k.a. Konstantine Romanos.
* BondOneLiner: One is given by Bond when he destroys the helicopter containing the remaining Decada members.
-->'''Bond''': [[WelcomeToHell Welcome to Hades]], [[spoiler:Hera]].
* TheBrute: Romanos' cousin Vasillis, the Number Seven of Decada, who is a huge man acting as his bodyguard and enforcer.
* CallingCard: Alongside with numbers next to the victims, the Number Killer also makes sure that there is always a statue of a [[ClassicalMythology Greek god]] nearby.
* ContinuityNod:
** It is mentioned how Sir Miles' previous servants, the Hammonds, met their untimely deaths during "the Literature/ColonelSun affair".
** Sir Miles tells Bond that Alfred Hutchinson has a terrible temper at [[SoreLoser losing at cards]], which reminds him of [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Sir Hugo Drax]].
** The events of ''Literature/ForSpecialServices'' are alluded to when Bond goes to Texas to meet Felix Leiter, with a mention of him losing his limbs in ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' thrown in as well.
** Sir Miles tells Bond that Alfred Hutchinson's father was court martialed for "mislaying" NaziGold, and likens it to the situation from the short story "[[Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights Octopussy]]".
* DestinationDefenestration: A guard dog attacks Bond as he spies on Vasillis in Texas, and he uses its own momentum to hurl it through a window.
* TheDragon: Hera Volopoulos, the Number Two of Decada, a DarkActionGirl who was in fact raised by Romanos. Her experience comes in handy [[spoiler: for her work as the Number Killer]].
* EvilPlan:
** Dacada is going to commit ten acts of violence to provoke a conflict in Cyprus, which is supposed to end with Greece completely claiming the island for its own.
** [[spoiler:Hera, the traitorous member of Decada, plans to take over the organization and let loose a virus that acts like a ricin poisoning, and extort the world for the vaccine]].
* EvilVegetarian: All main Decada members are strict vegetarians. Knowing this fact helps Bond deduce that [[spoiler:Manville Duncan]] is a member of the group.
* ItsForABook: Bond, with Mirakos, learns about the New Pythagoreans, whom he suspect of being a front for Decada, firsthand by visiting them under a guise of writing about philosophy and religion.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: As Dr. Anderson has Bond on gunpoint, he uses the moment to ask her if the infertility clinic [=ReproCare=] is a front for a terrorist organization called the Suppliers. Her answer is fairly typical ("Since you’re going to die in a few minutes, I suppose it won’t hurt to tell you"), but she refuses to tell him about the people whom Suppliers are shipping chemicals to (it's Decada).
* MissionFromGod: Romanos believes that ancient Greek gods talk to him, and he is enacting their will. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Hera also believes that gods talk to her, and betrays him on their "command"]].
* NebulousEvilOrganization: Decada is a numerical and ancient Greece -influenced organization which seeks to drive Turks out of Cyprus.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: After being captured by Hera (again), Bond is taken to Romanos' yacht. Romanos insists upon being a good host, and treats Bond a dinner while explaining his history and big plan.
* ParasolOfPain: [[spoiler:Alfred Hutchinson]] is killed by getting stung by a poisoned umbrella. The real-life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov#Assassination assasination of Georgi Markov]] is immediately brought up upon this revelation.
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Bond fights two {{Mooks}} in a cable lift, and at one point grabs their heads and hits them with each other.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Alfred Hutchinson was not a Decada member, his lawyer and assistant Manville Duncan is]].
* SmokingHotSex: Played straight, and conversed, by Bond and Hera after a hour of passion.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink:
** Number Killer's fifth chemical attack is spraying anthrax inside a ship full of food cargo. It is foiled by [[spoiler:Alfred Hutchinson (who's angry at Decada for killing his father)]] alarming the authorities, stopping the deaths of tens of thousands of northern Cypriots.
** Hera manages to capture Bond for Decada by feeding him drugged meat.
* TitleDrop: The title appears in a note that Alfred Hutchinson prepared for M in case [[spoiler:that he would be killed by the Decada]].
-->The facts of life are such that we are all human and we all make mistakes. Alas, the facts of death do not allow us to properly correct those mistakes.
* TheXOfY: The novel's title.
* YouAreNumberSix: Each ten main members of Decada have assigned numbers, with their leader being the One.
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