In this episode, Dan and Tom bring in a special guest.  Join us as Raymond Benson, Bond author, talks his new book on Felix Leiter.

Novels are being written about some of the non-James Bond characters from the Ian Fleming James Bond novels.  To that end, Raymond Benson, who was the first American James Bond continuation author, is getting set to release his latest book, “The Hook and the Eye”. This is a book about Felix Leiter after his shark attack.  The book will be released initially as an e-book serial starting on May 27, 2025, with a paper book release in October.

This sounds like a fun book and having the Felix Leiter character getting a story of his own sounds very intriguing!

Some of the topics we discuss with Raymond include:

·         Raymond’s background and how he got started with all of his James Bond work

·         How the James Bond literary world has evolved

·         Why Raymond chose to do a book on Felix Leiter

·         How Felix Leiter is different in the Ian Fleming novels compared to the Eon Productions movies

·         How you will be able to get the book, “The Hook and the Eye”

·         And More …

Tell us what you think about our discussion as Raymond Benson, Bond author, talks his new book on Felix Leiter.

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