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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2009

DARK SIDE OF THE MORGUE

Spike Berenger is back in another "Rock 'n' Roll Hit"! Musicians in progressive rock bands in Chicago are being murdered--one by one. The local police have no clues, but several of the musicians who fear they're next on the hit list claim that the killer is a ghost from the past--a woman who was reported missing and presumed dead for over thirty years! The Rockin'...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.15.2008

The Union Trilogy--James Bond Anthology

An anthology containing three of Raymond Benson's James Bond 007 novels-- HIGH TIME TO KILL, DOUBLESHOT, and NEVER DREAM OF DYING. The book also features the never-before published (in English) full-length short story BLAST FROM THE PAST and a new INTRODUCTION by the author!

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PUBLISHED: May.27.2008

METAL GEAR SOLID

Novel based on Konami's internationally-popular videogame. Highly skilled former FOXHOUND agent Solid Snake is called out of retirement to do what he does best--neutralize a crisis of epic proportions. A deadly team of renegade FOXHOUND operatives has taken over the nuclear disposal facility on Shadow Moses Island in the icy Aleutians. If their demands aren't met, a powerful, top-...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2008

A Hard Day's Death

First in a series of "Spike Berenger Rock 'n' Roll HITS." It wasn't Peter Flame's best concert. His tour manager thought the aging rock star-once as big as Bowie or Lennon-seemed a little distracted. But when the manager stopped by his town house later that night, Flame was a lot worse than distracted-he was dead. It looked like Flame had hanged himself, but the coroner...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.10.2008

Another Rock 'n' Roll Hit

THESE GUNS FOR HIRE is an anthology of "hit men" short stories, edited by J. A. Konrath. Raymond wrote the story "Another Rock 'n' Roll Hit," which blends murder and... rock 'n' roll.

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PUBLISHED: May.19.2006

Thumbs Down

Find out what happens when a disgruntled playwright seeks revenge on the theatre critic who panned his play.

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PUBLISHED: Mar.25.2006

The Plagiarist

A writer in the future travels back in time to write the big best-sellers before the real writers do in this "Twilight Zone"-style tale.

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PUBLISHED: Feb.01.2006

Sweetie's Diamonds

Diane Boston lives with her Marfan syndrome-afflicted 13-year-old son in a suburb of Chicago and teaches social studies at the high school, with the students even voting her Teacher of the Year. But she has some dark secrets. Her ex-husband Greg always suspected that Diane kept things from him, but he has no idea just how right he is. When Diane's son, David, finds a box of...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.01.2005

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell--Operation Barracuda (Written as David Michaels)

The sequel to the NY Times best-selling book, Raymond writes as "David Michaels" again with a brand new adventure featuring Sam Fisher. This time around, Fisher is sent to search for the various leaders of The Shop, the nefarious arms dealing organization that he encountered in the first novel. As the trail takes him from the Ukraine and Russia to Hong Kong and China--...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.01.2004

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Written as David Michaels)

Raymond writing as "David Michaels." Splinter Cell is about an American operative named Sam Fisher who works for "Third Echelon," a secret branch of the National Security Agency. Fisher, like James Bond, works alone behind enemy lines--gathering intelligence and stopping bad guys. In true Clancy fashion, the book(s) will feature topical plots involving tomorrow'...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2004

Evil Hours

Shannon Reece's mother was one of several women murdered in the small Texas town of Limite when Shannon was six years old. Her mother's alleged killer was convicted and sent to jail, where he was subsequently killed by fellow inmates. Now, 26 years later, Shannon has decided that the unresolved questions about the case, which continue to haunt her, can no longer be ignored. With...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2003

Face Blind

Imagine a world where you don't recognize the human face. That's Hannah's condition--prosopagnosia, or "face blindness"--when the brain center that recognizes faces is inoperable. The onset of the condition occurred when she was attacked and nearly raped by an unknown assailant in the inner lobby of her New York City apartment building. And now she thinks he's back, and...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.01.2002

Die Another Day

Novelization of the 2002 James Bond film, based on the screenplay. The action-packed story begins in a demilitarised zone between North and South Korea with a spectacular high-speed hovercraft chase. From Hong Kong to Cuba to London, Bond continues his quest to unmask a traitor and prevent a war of catastrophic consequence - but not without the help and hindfrance of two mysterious...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2002

Jethro Tull--Pocket Essentials

The Legendary Jethro Tull - How many rock bands from the sixties can you name that are still around today? Probably not that many. There are a few - the Rolling Stones, Yes, Santana but most have broken up, stopped recording, and reappear only for the ubiquitous 'reunion' tours. Jethro Tull is one band that formed in 1968 and is still going strong, thanks to the leadership, vision...

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2002

The Man With the Red Tattoo

On a quiet late-night flight from Tokyo to London, a beautiful young woman, Kioko McMahon, falls ill. Before the plane can reach emergency medical facilities across the Pacific, she succumbs to her inexplicable symptoms. The mystery deepens when police in Japan discover that her family shared her fate. The only survivor is her rebellious sister, Mayumi, who had run off with her...

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2001

Never Dream of Dying

In Raymond Benson's chilling new James Bond novel, 007 comes face to face at last with the most cunning criminal mastermind he has ever fought-the blind genius behind the brutal organization called the Union. It begins at a movie studion in Nice, where a police raid goes horribly wrong, with innocent men, women and children killed. It continues in an English prison, where a corpse...

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2000

DoubleShot

The intricately organized criminal conspiracy called the Union has vowed its revenge on the man who thwarted its last coup. Now, the Union's mysterious leader sets out to destroy James Bond's reputation and sanity by luring the agent into a dangerous alliance of deceit and treason with a Spanish militant intent on reclaiming Gibraltar. Officially on medical leave as a result of a...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.13.1999

Live at Five

This James Bond short story originally appeared in the November 13, 1999 issue of TV GUIDE Magazine.

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PUBLISHED: Nov.01.1999

The World is Not Enough

Novelization of the 1999 James Bond film, based on the screenplay. After oil tycoon Sir Robert King is killed bombing at MI6 headquarters, his daughter, Elektra, inherits his fortune - billions of dollars worth of oil deposits in the Caspian Sea... and James Bond, 007, as a bodyguard. Her new wealth attracts international interest. But she has also attracted the attentions of her...

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PUBLISHED: May.01.1999

High Time to Kill

When information vital to Britian's national security is stolen by a shadowy organization called the Union, the trail leads Bond from one of England's most exclusive golf clubs to the cosmopolitan city of Brussels, and finally to an expedition up the icy heights of the legendary mountain Kangchenjunga, the third tallest peak in the world. In his most thrilling adventure yet, Bond...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.01.1999

Midsummer Night's Doom

This James Bond short story originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of PLAYBOY Magazine.

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PUBLISHED: May.01.1998

The Facts of Death

A dozen British soldiers are poisoned in Cyprus and James Bond himself barely escapes with his life. Then M's lover is assassinated in London and dies in her arms... Following leads to Texas, Bond fears he will uncover an international scandal that could engulf his service and his country. Instead, he finds his first trace of the Decada. Held together by archaic philosophy and...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.01.1997

Tomorrow Never Dies

Novelization of the 1997 James Bond film, based on the screenplay. A man who can start a war anytime and anyplace - and profit from it - would be the most powerful man in the world. Elliot Carver knows this. And he has a plan to turn his media conglomerate into a true empire, exploiting global conflicts he creates with on-the-spot news coverage guaranteed to bring him the highest...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.1997

Zero Minus Ten

In the Australian desert, a nuclear bomb explodes. In England, two police officers are shot dead when they investigate a cargo in Portsmouth dock. And in Hong Kong, an explosion rips through one of the colony's famous floating restaurants, killing the entire Board of EurAsia Enterprises Ltd, a multi-billion dollar shipping corporation. These apparently random events are connected...

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About Raymond

RAYMOND BENSON. Between 1996 and 2002, Raymond was commissioned by the James Bond literary copyright holders to take over writing the 007 novels. In total he penned and published worldwide six original 007 novels (including ZERO MINUS TEN, NEVER DREAM OF...

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