Author David Weber brings you Hornblower in Space. Post your comments here. The funny thing about the Modesty Blaise piece that strikes me, is the bit about their ages and aging, and how it is difficult to avoid the grotesquery it shadows over the fantasy. Now, when I want to read a spy novel, I always go back to George Smiley and the Circus. That's my kind of intrigue.
Nothing is quite so fascinating as reality.