Never Dream of Dying, Raymond Benson
Never Dream of Dying, Raymond Benson
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Never Dream of Dying

Author: Raymond Benson

Narrator: Raymond Benson

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2015


Synopsis

It begins at a movie studio in Nice where a police raid goes horribly wrong, killing innocent men, women, and even children. It continues in an English prison, where a dead man discloses an intriguing secret about the brutal criminal organization called the Union. The trail leads James Bond to Paris, where he meets the tantalizing movie star Tylyn Mignonne and embarks on a voyage of sensual discovery.But Tylyn is in mortal danger. Her husband, a volatile French film producer, has not forgiven his glamorous wife for ending their troubled marriage—and he is connected to the Union’s thugs.Meanwhile Bond’s friend, French agent Mathis, has disappeared while tracking down the Union’s mysterious leader, Le Gerant. Bond’s journey takes him to a thrilling underwater brush with death, a chase through the Corsican wilderness, a surprise encounter with an old friend—and a final confrontation with a twisted criminal genius.

About Raymond Benson

Raymond Benson is the author of The Facts of Death, Zero Minus Ten, High Time to Kill and the novelizations of Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. He is a director of The Ian Fleming Foundation. Benson lives and works in the Chicago area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carson on April 22, 2020

Updated review 4/22/2020 Leading up to "No Time to Die" I am re-reading as many Bond novels as possible. I was unsure of re-reading "Never Dream of Dying" - because it is an emotional rollercoaster for the literary Bond fan. Raymond Benson has a lot of audacity, frankly, as he conjures up some sacred......more

Goodreads review by Ira on March 27, 2019

The Best of Raymond Benson yet, as Bond tackles the UNION again. Amazingly slick, bringing us the Bond of Film onto the subplot of Filmmaking within the book. He hooks up with an actress, with some of the most graphic descriptions of sex in the Bond canon. Tai Lynn is both erotic as well as intellige......more

Goodreads review by Paul on July 21, 2018

Benson concludes his triology about the Union, in a way that pays homage to the original Bond novels and that detracts from the end product. There was no need to bring back Rene Mathis and Marc-Ange Draco. The revelations about Draco are not surprising, being too well signposted, and deny a final co......more

Goodreads review by John on December 03, 2011

This is the first (and only, so far) Bond book I've read by any author other than Ian Fleming. As the two star rating suggests, it was just O.K. But I imagine I'll get around to reading the other Benson Bond books, as well as John Gardener's contributions to the Bond mythos, because, well.. it's Bon......more

Goodreads review by John on February 03, 2018

The mystery story itself was good. What I cannot abide was the horrible treatment of not one but two characters created by Ian Fleming, and their horrible mistreatment in this novel by Raymond Benson.......more