'Before there was James Bond, there was Gregory Sallust.' Tina Rosenberg, Salon.comDennis Wheatley's complete, bestselling Gregory Sallust series featuring the debonair spy Gregory Sallust, a forerunner to Ian Fleming's James Bond. During WWII, Dennis Wheatley was hired by Winston Churchill to be a part of a highly confidential group of strategists. He was one of the only civilians to be recruited, on the strength that he had shown a flair for deception and cover stories in his novels, particularly through his incarnation of Gregory Sallust - widely regarded as the inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond. This complete collection includes the following titles in chronological order of events as they occur within the novels: CONTRABANDTHE SCARLET IMPOSTORFAKED PASSPORTTHE BLACK BARONESSV FOR VENGEANCECOME INTO MY PARLOURTRAITORS' GATETHEY USED DARK FORCESTHE ISLAND WHERE TIME STANDS STILLBLACK AUGUSTTHE WHITE WITCH OF THE SOUTH SEAS