 It also differs from the latter half of Fleming's Bond novels in which SMERSH is said to have been put out of operation.Members of SMERSH from the novelisation include Amasova and her lover Sergei Barsov as well as Colonel-General Nikitin, a character from Fleming's novel "From Russia, with Love" who has since become the head of SMERSH.In the book, Jaws remains attached to the magnet that Bond dips into the tank, as opposed to the film where Bond releases Jaws into the water.