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The last ten major changes to the site.
- 11/06/2024 - Entering the compendium today is an interesting MI6 agent by the name of . I liked reading about him and a portion of his career which spans just over a decade. The three books about him alone, written superbly by John Fullerton, would have pleased me. Throwing in a sometime opponent and sometime colleague like Fang, aka Chen Meilin, well, wow! I mean it. Wow!!
- 11/05/2024 - A very interesting approach to spy fiction is today's entrant. is the name of this series which I describe as "an evil international covert organization". The trio of 'heroes', however, are former operatives for this group, three people who have decided that the 'truths' they were told of their service were false and not liking learning that. There are three books and one novella penned by Nathan M. Farrugia. I had some issues with this series.
- 11/04/2024 - I present today an archaeologist for membership in the compendium. And a supposedly 'disgraced' one who is now largely branded a treasure hunter, a job which to most of us sounds pretty cool but to the science of archaeology.. not so much. So, the point is he is not a spy but boy does find himself in all sorts of spy-adjacent situations in the five book series written for us by David Meyer. I state that "the stories are pretty fun to read" and I mean it.
- 11/03/2024 - Today's new member to this compendium is an agent with the Australian Security Taskforce, or AST, a "relatively secret organization". is a man in his early 40s who is as intrepid as you would want for an agent with one - to me - endearing problem: he does not like heights. I so relate to that. Beyond that, these 7 very enjoyable adventures drafted by Bryan Whelan have a lot to be appreciated, and they have Maddy, too. Who is Maddy? She is a terrific character who is a specialist in explosives. She tells Cain once, "If you see me running, please try and keep up". I like her!
- 11/02/2024 - Today I add to the compendium a series which is mostly webisodes but with a couple of comicbooks thrown in and then ... and most impressive to me ... a whole lot of merchandising. As I say in My Comments, when I found this series, part of me went "are you kidding?" Other parts were kinda impressed. I ended my thoughts about , Chad Wild Clay and Vy Qwaint, with "If you have not seen this, you really owe it to yourself to check it out just to say you did."
- 11/01/2024 - Joining the merry group of spy guys and gals today is a fellow named , whose two adventures were penned by John Denis over 40 years ago. Scott is an agent with an unorthodox branch of British Intelligence. A definite man of action who loves danger, I note in My Comments that "in a couple of instances it seems like he is almost willing the situation to get dicey." Me, not so much. But I did enjoy reading about Scott.
- 10/31/2024 - On this Halloween Day, I was looking through my group of upcoming series for something spooky but drew a blank so I am adding to the compendium today one that is just out of the ordinary. is the name for the series as well as the first of two adventures penned a decade ago by Gery Alan Ruse. As I mention in my write-up, "These are very fast reads which fly by and leaves a bit of a grin behind in their wake." Not scary per se but fun. And unusual.
- 10/30/2024 - "Trying to pigeon-hole this series is going to be rough for anyone." That is what I said about , a three-book series by Avanti Centrae, which I describe as an interesting combination of spy-fi and sci-fi. It is also a good buddy series though with 3 instead of 2 and 2 of those 3 are twins.
- 10/29/2024 - Today we bring into the compendium a fairly recent comicbook spy series from the pages of The Mighty Avengers. The pair of operatives who comprise the team known as have the names of Ace and (my favorite) One-Eyed Jacquie. Get it? Blackjack? Took me a while and goodness knows I've lost a tenner or two over the years at those tables in Vegas. These agents work for ... wait for it ... G.R.A.M.P.A.
- 10/28/2024 - I point out in My Comments that "It is kind of important when you are facing a zombie T-Rex that you have a sense of humor." I'm sure most people already knew that but not me! What am I talking about? , agent with MI37, about whom author Jonathan Wood has penned four very amusing adventures combining fantasy with sci-fi and spy-fi which will bring more than a couple chortles from you.
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SPY FICTION!
Say the word SPY to most people and they will respond with James Bond,
with good reason as he is the best known of all fictional spies. With 20+ blockbuster movies over the last 40+ years,
along with the standard movie hype, virtually the entire world knows about 007 and his License To Kill.
Of course, James Bond is by no means the only spy in the world of fiction, just the best known. Who are the rest?
Who has his or her own license to kill, thrill, or chill. How do these agents stack up against each other? Who would
you want beside you in a car chase, in a knife fight, in a dark alley, or beneath the covers?
This site is dedicated to the many, many men and women who, at least in fiction, have defended our freedoms against all forms of enemies, foreign and domestic. Well, granted a few of them were just in it for the money and many were only after the excitement, and sex played a huge role in the motivation of more than a few. But still, their actions helped not only preserve our way of life (on paper) but also brought us, the readers, many hours of escapism and vicarious pleasure.
So, who are these people that I have slaved so diligently to present to you? They are the men and women of spy-fi about whom there is a series. Single-book characters need not apply. There has to be at least two books. Two's the minimum but the more the merrier.
Moreover, I have confined membership to the English language. If it wasn't put into English so I can read it, I haven't worried about it.
Each spy has his or her own page. Click on the "Characters" button to go to a listing page. Click on the letter the
character's last name starts with (or a more common moniker like "Death Merchant" if appropriate). That will take one
step further into the labrynth. Finally, select the character's name from the list and, voila!
Have fun!!