James Bond website MI6-HQ.com. Ian Fleming Publications (formerly Glidrose) allegedly returned their copies of the manuscript after rejecting it. Later works Jenkins did colour photography for his wife's non-fiction work Trees of Southern Africa (1972). The couple travelled over 100,000 miles to research this three volume work. They subsequently collaborated on the 1978 travel book The Companion Guide to South Africa. Helene Moore of the Knight Ridder syndicate believed that it was "impossible to cram everything pertinent into one guidebook and do a thorough job of it," but felt that the authors have chosen "the right solution." Moore claimed that the over four-hundred page book gave the authors sufficient space "for single-minded reporting on what to see at the bottom of this exotic continent - plus plentry of space for history, legend and all the personal commentary that enriches any travel book. Good reading even if you're not headed that way." Later years and death Jenkins published his final novel A Daystar of Fear in 1993. Jenkins moved from Pretoria to his son David's home in Durban. According to an obituary, he was planning to write a sequel to Scend of the Sea shortly before his death in 2001. Film adaptations Three of his novels have been filmed. A Twist of Sand (1968) co-starred Honor Blackman and Richard Johnson, director Terence Young's original choice for James Bond. Dirty Games (1989), based on In Harm's Way, co-starred Jan-Michael Vincent. The River of Diamonds (1990) had been set for production in the 1960s. During the 1980s Brian Clemens wrote a script. Sylvester Stallone - who asked for and a share of the profits - and Tom Selleck - who asked for and a share of the profits - were approached to star, but asked too much money which the production couldn't afford. A journal describes this as South Africa's "most ambitious film project" with what was at the time to have been the biggest budget financed by a South African producer estimated to have been between two and three million Rand. Works Novels A Twist of Sand (1959) The Watering-Place of Good Peace (1960; revised 1974) A Grue of Ice (1962) published in the U.S. as The Disappearing Island The River of Diamonds (1964) Hunter-Killer (1966) Scend of the Sea (1971) published in the U.S. as The Hollow Sea A Cleft of Stars (1973) A Bridge of Magpies (1974) South Trap (1979)