A new James Bond? A review of King Zero
This is a spoiler free review where I will give overall impressions and thoughts, without explicitly revealing anything about the plot which isn’t in the marketing of King Zero. “Is this a faithful version of James Bond?” I suspect this is the question most James Bond fans will ask. The answer is yes, and no. […]
With James R. Benn and The Ninth Circle
“To solve a double murder in Cuba, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana’s underworld and British intelligence, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels.” Terrance Layhew interviews author James R. Benn about the 21st Billy Boyle WWII mystery novel, […]
With Rowan Gibson and A Spy Ever After
“When a British agent is killed in Slovakia, Nathan Rocke is sent to finish what he started.A Russian nuclear threat has surfaced. Operation Stribog’s Victory. Named after the Slavic god of sudden storms. But intelligence is sketchy. The clock is ticking. And the GRU has a traitor inside MI6, making Rocke a target before he even […]
With Andrew Warren and White Tiger
CIA Paramilitary Officer Thomas Caine is a man with countless enemies, but few friends. So when an ally from his past is brutally attacked, Caine returns to Japan to settle the score. There, his mission takes a deadly turn when he crosses paths with Byakko, the White Tiger – a merciless Yakuza gangster whose hypnotic […]