James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 introduced to a retired James Bond — who is in his fifties, yet healthy, sun-tanned, and married to Honeychile Ryder, the heroine of "Dr. No". Most of "James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007" is Bond telling his life story, including school and first MI6 missions, referring to most every novel and short story and, briefly, to "Colonel Sun", the Robert Markham series-continuation novel. At conclusion, as Bond rushes to another mission (contrary to mandatory retirement), John Pearson is invited to assume Ian Fleming's scribal duties, like Dr. Watson assumed with Sherlock Holmes. Out of print since the 1990s, a
James Bond 007: Nightfire setting the auto-pilot on the Vanquish so he and Alura can have a romantic evening. The game had been in development as early as September 2000, and was announced as "James Bond 007" in May 2001. By February 2002, the game's working title was "James Bond in... Phoenix Rising". The game's final title was unveiled in May 2002. In July 2002, Pierce Brosnan's head was scanned with a laser digitizer to create the James Bond character model. Driving levels were developed by Savage Entertainment and a team at Electronic Arts. "Nightfire" marked the first time a James Bond video game