 In 1967 , four years after Fleming 's death , his literary executors , Glidrose Productions , approached Kingsley Amis and offered him £ 10 @,@ 000 ( £ 163 @,@ 689 in 2016 pounds ) to write the first continuation Bond novel . The result was Colonel Sun published in 1968 under the pen @-@ name Robert Markham . Journalist James Harker noted that although the book was not literary , it was stylish . Raymond Benson noted that Bond 's character and events from previous novels were all maintained in Colonel Sun , saying " he is the same darkly handsome man first introduced in Casino Royale " . 
