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Chatting with Mr. LePore and Mr. Davis

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Check out my review James LePore is the author of five other novels, A World I Never Made , Blood of My Brother , Sons and Princes , Gods and Fathers , and The Fifth Man , as well as a collection of three short stories, Anyone Can Die . In addition to writing thrilling works of fiction, he is an attorney who has practiced law for more than two decades and an accomplished photographer. He lives in South Salem, NY with his wife, artist Karen Chandler. For more information, visit his website: www.JamesLeporeFiction.com . Carlos Davis writes and produces films, among them the Emmy nominated Rascals and Robbers with David Taylor and the cult favorite Drop Dead Fred with Tony Fingleton. He lives in New York City   No Dawn for Men:   A Novel of Ian Fleming, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Nazi Germany . The novel is a collaboration between critically-acclaimed novelist  James LePore  and film writer and producer  Carlos Davis .    How did they come up with the inspiration for the b...

No Dawn for Men: A Novel of Ian Fleming, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Nazi Germany

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  Book Summary   In 1938, Nazi Germany prepares to extend its reach far beyond its borders. The key to domination lies in a secret that would make their army not only unbeatable, but un-killable. MI-6, knowing that something potentially devastating is developing, recruits scholar and novelist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien to travel to Germany to find out what this might be, using the German popularity of his children’s novel THE HOBBIT as cover. Joining him there is MI-6 agent Ian Fleming, still years away from his own writing career but posing as a Reuters journalist. Together, Tolkien and Fleming will get to the heart of the secret – and they will face a fury greater than even their prodigious imaginations considered possible. Both an astounding work of suspense and a literary treasure trove to delight fans of either author, NO DAWN FOR MEN is a nonstop adventure.   My Review   While I am an avid reader, I have not read much of Fleming or Tolkien. Whi...