Solo (Boyd novel) in order to control him. Adeka's older brother had been killed in London, ensuring Solomon became chief of the tribe whose lands held massive amounts of oil: as he was an addict, these rights were signed away in favour of Hulbert Linck. Linck was killed by the CIA during the raid on the house. The central character of the novel is James Bond, the fictional MI6 agent created by Ian Fleming. The author, William Boyd modelled his version of the character on Fleming's version, which Boyd identified as being very different from the version seen in the films. "Solo" is
James Boyd (novelist) James Boyd (novelist) James Boyd (July 2, 1888 – February 25, 1944) was an American novelist, most famous for his Revolutionary War novel "Drums," which was illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Boyd was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, into a wealthy coal and oil family. He was the son of John Yeomans Boyd and Eleanor Gilmore Herr Boyd, who were from North Carolina. He attended The Hill School. He attended Princeton University where he wrote verse and fiction for the "Tiger" and was its managing editor in his senior year. After graduation in 1910, he studied at Trinity College and Cambridge.