William Boyd (writer) The book, "Solo", is set in 1969; it was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in September 2013. Boyd used Bond creator Ian Fleming as a character in his novel "Any Human Heart". Fleming recruits the book's protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, to British Naval Intelligence during World War Two. Boyd has also worked with three of the actors who have portrayed Bond in the film series: Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Several collections of short stories by Boyd have been published, including "On the Yankee Station" (1981), "The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'" (1995), "Fascination" (2004) and "The Dreams
The Last Ship (novel) aboard the and the , which stands in for the show's fictional USS "Nathan James" (DDG-151). A second season (of 13 episodes) was ordered in 2014, to air in 2015, and a third season (also of 13 episodes) was ordered in 2015, to air in 2016. A fourth season of 10 episodes aired in August 2017 and a 10 episode fifth and final season aired in September 2018. The museum ship was used in filming to represent a Russian . The Last Ship (novel) The Last Ship is a 1988 post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by William Brinkley. A television series