Hi, everybody

[Brian]

I wasn't sure where to put this but Corner Office seemed to fit, so....

My name is Brian Drake and I just wanted to post and say hello, looking forward to the discussions here. I'm trying to spend more time on Good Reads and a group like this will be a big help.

I read and write spy stories so I'm very invested in the genre. Currently re-reading the James Bond books by John Gardner, and dipping into the Malko series from Gerard de Villiers.

Also I'm surprised there's no 24: Legacy talk....was it that bad? Haven't watched yet.

[Samuel , Director]

Brian wrote: "I wasn't sure where to put this but Corner Office seemed to fit, so....

My name is Brian Drake and I just wanted to post and say hello, looking forward to the discussions here. I'm trying to spend..."

Hello Brian. Welcome to the group, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here. That Gerard De Villiers fellow was one heck of a novelist. More instances of life imitating art with him than any spy novelist before or since.

24 Legacy? It wasn't that bad. But it came and went. and while I don't mind discussing books and movies, this group normally focuses on books, and there were a lot of good books released when Legacy came out that kept us busy.
Also new 24 series is beginning.

Anyhow, do explore the group. We have a lot of discussion threads on things like specific tropes, writing conventions and other things.





By the way, I advise you check out these two items. The first is a tie in novel about what happened in the 48 hours after Day 8. The second is a prequel to Legacy where Jack Bauer is running from the CIA Special Activities Division in some godforsaken part of Ukraine.

Both are quite good.

[Brian]

Hi, Samuel, I've read both of those 24 books and agree....there's another in the stack that I haven't had time for yet.

Looking forward to the discussions here!

[Samuel , Director]

Brian wrote: "Hi, Samuel, I've read both of those 24 books and agree....there's another in the stack that I haven't had time for yet.

Looking forward to the discussions here!"

Pleasure man. I believe it's these two you're talking about. First is Jack Bauer stuck on a arms dealer's container ship in Somalia. The second is a look into the past where Bauer was a CIA super - spy and on his first big job in Japan.

[Brian]

I did not know about Trial By Fire so you've made my stack a little higher tonight...hahaha...thanks!