This is the tenthpost in a series about a personal project I am undertaking in which I intend to produce covers for the series of books featuring that most famous of spies, James Bond. It is my intention to produce sample covers not just for the novels of Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, but also the authorised sequels and prequels that have been published over the years.

The previous post in this series can be found here:

• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 9 – Role of Honour to No Deals, Mr. Bond;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 8 – Licence Renewed to Icebreaker;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 7 – The Man With The Golden Gun to Colonel Sun;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 6 – The Spy Who Loved Me to You Only Live Twice;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 5 – Goldfinger to Thunderball;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 4 – Diamonds are Forever to Dr. No;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 3 – Casino Royale to Moonraker;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 2 – Establishing a Brand;
• Designing 007 – A Personal Project. Part 1 – The Logo.

Scorpius, Win Lose or Die & Licence to Kill

In this tenth post in the series I present my versions of covers for three John Gardner continuation novels from the late nineteen-eighties. At this point, the first novelisation of a James Bond film is encountered – Licence to Kill. Each cover is presented below and the following pages of this post each discuss one of the covers and the look and feel I was aiming for with them.