The Dominators is the title of an unpublished novel by
Donald HamiltonDonald Bengtsson Hamilton was a U.S. writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction but also crime fiction and Westerns...
. The book, which was completed in the early 2000s, was intended to be the 28th novel in Hamilton's
Matt HelmMatt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. He is a U.S. government counter-agent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers.-The character and the series:The...
spy series, continuing the adventures of the character introduced in the 1960 novel
Death of a CitizenDeath of a Citizen is a 1960 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin Matt Helm...
and later popularized (in a comedic vein) by actor
Dean MartinDean Martin was an American singer, film actor and comedian. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That A Kick In The...
in a series of late-1960s motion pictures.
According to the website
The Matt Helm Dossier, the first draft manuscript was completed by Hamilton in 2001.
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The Dominators is the title of an unpublished novel by
Donald HamiltonDonald Bengtsson Hamilton was a U.S. writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction but also crime fiction and Westerns...
. The book, which was completed in the early 2000s, was intended to be the 28th novel in Hamilton's
Matt HelmMatt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. He is a U.S. government counter-agent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers.-The character and the series:The...
spy series, continuing the adventures of the character introduced in the 1960 novel
Death of a CitizenDeath of a Citizen is a 1960 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin Matt Helm...
and later popularized (in a comedic vein) by actor
Dean MartinDean Martin was an American singer, film actor and comedian. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That A Kick In The...
in a series of late-1960s motion pictures.
According to the website
The Matt Helm Dossier, the first draft manuscript was completed by Hamilton in 2001. The same site reported that in 2002 the now-86 year-old author was in the process of revising the manuscript. As of June 2007, however, there has been no announcement regarding this book's release; Hamilton died in November 2006. The last Matt Helm volume published to date was
The DamagersThe Damagers, published in 1993, is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and the twenty-seventh volume of the adventures of government assassin Matt Helm. Hamilton had launched the series in 1960 with Death of a Citizen....
in 1993.
Documents and drafts related to
The Dominators are reportedly part of an archive of Hamilton papers currently held by the UCLA Library.
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