Agent Palmer

The fourth and final novel in the unnamed spy series by Len Deighton, The Billion Dollar Brain, is brilliant.

If you’re going to write, write what you know. That’s what they say. They also say, “Good writers borrow, great writers steal,” so there must be a special pantheon for writers who do all three.

With Ready Player One, Ernest Cline did all three.

What happens when an ordinary man falls in with a woman bestowed with power? What happens when the two of them run afoul of a salesman, an Incantrix, and the law? And finally, what happens when all of this is in the name of an old magical world hidden away within a carpet?

Weaveworld by Clive Barker happens.

The setup and follow through to Cadets: 2 Ship of the Gods by Edward Miller, sequel to Cadets, is fast-paced and doesn’t mess around, just like the enemy they are facing.

Funeral in Berlin is the third installment in Len Deighton’s unnamed spy series, most commonly known as the Harry Palmer series, because of the films made based on four of the books, this one included.