Eve of War (Agency Book 1)
Richard F. Weyand
SOMEONE'S TRYING TO START A WAR
The once-friendly Republic of Villacqua and Kingdom of Wilbourne are stumbling toward war. But why?
The Association of Planets' intelligence agency is concerned. The Agency is a myth, of course. The government denies it exists. Everyone knows it's not real.
The Agency sends their top operative, Bert Mangum, to head off the war. His mission: Find out who's causing it and stop them. Permanently.
Mangum and his alien sidekick Sam ally with Gloria Dent, of Gaston's Bureau of Intelligence and Espionage, to find and stop the war instigator.
But can even they succeed against their wily adversary?
.
INTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYAND
"Eve of War" starts a new series?
Yes, the Agency series. Espionage thrillers, in an SF context.
That's a new genre for you, as well.
Yes. I like to have a change of pace. The Childers series was straight Military SF. The EMPIRE series was Galactic Empire SF. The COLONY series was Colonization SF. And the PANTHEON series was Hard Fantasy. So I was looking for something different to write.
Is Espionage SF even a subgenre?
There aren't many, but there are some. Keith Laumer's Retief series comes to mind. And Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry series. But in writing "Eve of War" I took a different tack. I kept more in mind the non-SF espionage books. Not the Le Carré sort of thing as much as James Bond, Matt Helm, and even Derek Flint.
So this is James Bond in Space?
The once-friendly Republic of Villacqua and Kingdom of Wilbourne are stumbling toward war. But why?
The Association of Planets' intelligence agency is concerned. The Agency is a myth, of course. The government denies it exists. Everyone knows it's not real.
The Agency sends their top operative, Bert Mangum, to head off the war. His mission: Find out who's causing it and stop them. Permanently.
Mangum and his alien sidekick Sam ally with Gloria Dent, of Gaston's Bureau of Intelligence and Espionage, to find and stop the war instigator.
But can even they succeed against their wily adversary?
.
INTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYAND
"Eve of War" starts a new series?
Yes, the Agency series. Espionage thrillers, in an SF context.
That's a new genre for you, as well.
Yes. I like to have a change of pace. The Childers series was straight Military SF. The EMPIRE series was Galactic Empire SF. The COLONY series was Colonization SF. And the PANTHEON series was Hard Fantasy. So I was looking for something different to write.
Is Espionage SF even a subgenre?
There aren't many, but there are some. Keith Laumer's Retief series comes to mind. And Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry series. But in writing "Eve of War" I took a different tack. I kept more in mind the non-SF espionage books. Not the Le Carré sort of thing as much as James Bond, Matt Helm, and even Derek Flint.
So this is James Bond in Space?
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Volume:
1
Year:
2022
Publisher:
Weyand Associates, Inc.
Language:
english
ISBN:
B0BGCKTDZB
Series:
Agency
File:
EPUB, 300 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2022
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