GEAR “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ― Leonardo da Vinci Jets (Aerion SBJ) Aerion’s SBJ concept figures prominently in HIDDEN ORDER. The supersonic jet company is now developing the AS2, “the world’s fastest global business jet.”...
GEAR “Wherever men need to be protected, Barbours will do it for you.” – Barbour brochure, 1908 Barbour Jackets In BLACK LIST, “Reed Carlton escapes his burning home with nothing more than a green Barbour jacket, a change of clothes and a bug out bag.” Later in the story, when Carlton and his former colleague Tommy Banks* replicate an operation they...
GEAR “Hide a knife behind a smile.” – Ancient Chinese Proverb Knife In the opening chapters of FULL BLACK, Luke Ralston literally brings a knife to a gunfight. Here are a few of my favorite knives that I wouldn’t hesitate to bring to any fight. Designed by James Williams for CRKT, I discovered the Otanashi noh Ken at SHOT show in 2014...
GEAR “Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.” ― Brooks Atkinson Speed Boats The ATHENA team is greeted by a 1965 Riva Super Aquarama suspended from the ceiling of Nino Bianchi’s boat garage in Venice. Riva produced the last of their flagship Super Aquaramas in 1996, but their motor boats, or “moving sculpture[s] in wood,” remain iconic designs and...
GEAR “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports…all the others are games.” – Ernest Hemingway Cars When Scot Harvath pulled up to the Hotel du Eden Roc in a rented Porsche Panamera Turbo in FOREIGN INFLUENCE, his was the least expensive car in the lot. Lined up in front of the hotel were some of the...