"doubleshot", the second novel in raymond benson's "union" trilogy, again sets james bond, 007 against the evil terrorist organization called the union. still smarting from their last encounter with 007 when he foiled their plans to get skin 17 in "high time to kill", the union has decided that britain and james bond are their new number one priority, and targets. coming up with an elaborate plan to plunge britain into war and destroy bond's reputation in the process, the union sets up their scheme. domingo espada, a spanish nationalist/gangster/ex-matador who wishes to see gibraltar returned to spain from britain, is approached by nadir yassasin, the union's master strategist, as the centrepiece to their plan. they plan to help espada forcefully take control of gibraltar, killing the british prime minister and the governor of gibraltar, and having a bond-double do it, thus ruining bond's career and life. but first, through an elaborate series of events, they convince bond he is losing his mind, and force him to investigate these happenings on his own, without approval from m or sis.