With Never Dream of Dying and Blake Powers (Bond Life Chicago)

Terrance Layhew and Blake Powers (Bond Life Chicago) complete their multi-year review of Raymond Benson’s Union Trilogy with Never Dream of Dying. Order The Midas Game – https://a.co/d/0aClywcB Order my medieval swashbuckler, Thorn https://a.co/d/04i4kDUi Order my crime adventure, Diamonds in Denver https://a.co/d/aHi7p9z Order my 1920’s Aviator novella, Unwanted Passenger https://a.co/d/5FVQJWU Order my pulp treasure hunt novel, One Man’s Treasure https://a.co/d/i19YMn7 […]

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 Ryan Pote and The Ghost City

“Professional treasure hunter and adventurer Ethan Cain is working on the Mekong River in Vietnam when the massive waterway suddenly goes dry. It’s a stunning ecological disaster. One that Ethan can’t ignore. His quest for answers will lead him to Zhang and ultimately a confrontation from which only one of them will emerge.” Ryan Pote […]

With Ryan Holt (Analyze This Mr. Bond) and James Bond as Mythic Hero

Earlier in the year, screenwriter Steven Knight noted he viewed James Bond as a kind of national myth. This lead to an intriguing post by Ryan Holt (Analyze This, Mr. Bond) about the tension James Bond sits between national myth and pulp hero. In this episode, we discuss James Bond as myth, how the legend […]

With The Horowitz Bond Trilogy and Chris from The Bond Report

2015 to 2022, Anthony Horowitz published three James Bond novels set within the Fleming timeline. With a little distance from their initial release, what do two Bond fans think of this? Suit Up! With Chris from The Bond Report, a fan of Horowitz and a fantastic pundant of the James Bond world. Tune in for […]

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 […]

With Gabriel Rabanales and The Fallen Castle (The Style Is Not Enough)

Captain Hunt must travel from Africa to the French Alps, and from there to Florence and a remote Benedictine abbey, while fighting against the most formidable opponent he has yet encountered. Finally, the captain seems to have found his archenemy! Suit Up! With Gabriel Rabanales. He is a lawyer, author, and international Bond fan. On today’s […]

With Raymond Benson and The Hook and the Eye

Hired to transport the impossibly beautiful and impossibly secretive Dora from New York to Texas, Felix Leiter is thrust into a non-stop adventure, where danger and deceit lie in wait around every bend in the road. Raymond Benson is BACK! We’ll be discussing his latest book The Hook and the Eye, returning to the Bond […]

With Paul Bishop and 52 Weeks of Sherlock Holmes

In over a hundred years of Sherlock Holmes storytelling, there have been countless continuations and pastiches of his narrative. Paul Bishop has edited 52 Weeks of Sherlock Holmes Novels: Traditional Favorites and Exciting New Discoveries Join our conversation where we discuss the enduring nature of the world’s greatest detective, the legacy of pastiche authors, James Bond, […]

With Doubleshot and Blake Powers (Bond Life Chicago)

Tune in for Doubleshot by Raymond Benson, the second book of the Union Trilogy. We’re joined by Blake Powers (Bond Life Chicago) to discuss the highs and lows of the book, the characterization of Bond, Hemingway style bull fighting, twinning and much more! Pick up Doubleshot – https://a.co/d/ege7wFF Order my pulp treasure hunt novel, One Man’s Treasure https://a.co/d/i19YMn7 […]