Larry Bond

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Larry Bond
Bond at a book festival in Maryland during the mid-2010s.
Bond at a book festival in Maryland during the mid-2010s.
Born1951 or 1952 (age 71–72)
OccupationAuthor and videogame designer
LanguageEnglish
Alma materSt. Thomas College
Years active1986–present
Notable worksRed Storm Rising
Website
www.larry-bond.com

Larry Bond (born 1951 or 1952 (age 71–72))[1] is an American author and wargame designer. He is the designer of the Harpoon and Command at Sea gaming systems, and several supplements for the games. Examples of his numerous novels include Dangerous Ground, Day of Wrath, The Enemy Within, Cauldron, Vortex and Red Phoenix. He also co-authored Red Storm Rising with Tom Clancy.

Career

U.S. Navy

Bond graduated from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1973 with a degree in Quantitative Methods.[2] After two years of working as computer programmer, he entered the United States Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, graduating in 1976.[2] He spent six years on active naval duty, including four years on destroyers,[3] followed by two years in the Naval Reserve Intelligence Program.[2] After leaving the navy, he worked as a naval analyst for defense consulting firms in the Washington, D.C. area.[2]

Harpoon gaming system

Author Larry Bond at Origins 2018

Bond's Harpoon gaming system was first published in 1980. Designed as a general-purpose air, surface, and submarine naval simulation, it combines playability with a wealth of information on modern naval weapons systems. Designed for the entry-level player, it has found acceptance in both the commercial market and the professional naval community. It is used at the Naval Academy, several ROTC installations, and on several surface ships as a training aid.

Now in its fourth edition, Harpoon won the H.G. Wells Award, a trade association honor, in both 1981 and 1987 as the best miniatures game of the year. The computer version of the game first appeared in 1989 and won the 1990 Wargame of the Year award from Computer Gaming World, an industry journal.

Literary career

Bond's began his writing career by collaborating with Tom Clancy on Red Storm Rising (1986), a New York Times bestseller that was one of the best-selling books of the 1980s. It depicted a hypothetical conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, drawing heavily on current analysis of what such a conflict would be like. It has been used as a text at the Naval War College.[4]

Since then, Bond's books have depicted military and political crises, emphasizing accuracy and fast-paced action. Red Phoenix, Vortex, and Cauldron were all New York Times bestsellers. Red Phoenix is set in South Korea and depicts an invasion of the south instigated by the North Korean government. Vortex tells the story of a reactionary Afrikaner government trying to roll back the clock in South Africa. Cauldron shows a financial crisis in Europe that grew out of control, leading to a military confrontation between France, Germany and countries of the Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary) supported by the United States.

Personal life

Bond makes his home in Springfield, Virginia.[5] He and his wife Jeanne are the parents of two daughters.[2]

Bibliography

Sources:[6][5]

With Tom Clancy

With Patrick Larkin

  • Red Phoenix, 1989
  • Vortex, 1991
  • Cauldron, 1993
  • The Enemy Within, 1996
  • Day of Wrath, 1998

With Chris Carlson

  • Lash-Up, 2015
  • Red Phoenix Burning, 2016

Jerry Mitchell Series

  • Dangerous Ground, 2005
  • Cold Choices, 2009
  • Exit Plan, 2012
  • Shattered Trident, 2013
  • Burial at Sea, 2013
  • Fatal Thunder, 2016
  • Arctic Gambit, 2018

With Jim DeFelice

First Team Series

  1. Larry Bond's First Team, 2004
  2. Larry Bond's First Team: Angels of Wrath, 2006
  3. Larry Bond's First Team: Fires of War, 2006
  4. Larry Bond's First Team: Soul of the Assassin, 2008

Red Dragon Rising Series

  1. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shadows of War, 2009
  2. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War, 2010
  3. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War, 2012
  4. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Blood of War, 2013

Edited by Larry Bond

  • Crash Dive: True Stories of Submarine Combat, 2010

References

  1. ^ Rowe, Douglas J. (June 30, 1996). "Techno-Thriller Writer Larry Bond Still Doing Wargames 'On the Side'". The Daily Spectrum. The Associated Press. p. C10. The 44-year-old former naval officer and warfare analyst grew up to design Harpoon...
  2. ^ a b c d e "Larry Bond -- Biography". larry-bond.com. Larry Bond. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Interview with Larry Bond". RipRawlings.com (Interview). Interviewed by Rip Rawlings. March 25, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Peck, Michael (October 11, 2013). "The Name's Bond, Larry Bond". Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Larry Bond | Authors". Macmillan. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "Larry Bond -- Books". larry-bond.com. Larry Bond. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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