He worked with Larry Bond on several novels, such as Red Phoenix, Vortex (1991),[2] Cauldron (1993),[3] The Enemy Within (1996), and Day of Wrath (1998).
[5] After quitting his Washington, D.C. job, Larkin became a Pacific Gas and Electric Company speechwriter at their San Francisco office to fulfill his wish to be close to his family.
[1] During a war games get-together hosted at a Virginia house, Larkin got to know Bond and Tom Clancy after they completed the novel Red Storm Rising.
With a close due date, the editors gave him a sketch of the plot and he was unable to spend much time "getting the voice just right".
[9][10] The Globe and Mail's Margaret Cannon reviewed Larkin's book Robert Ludlum's The Moscow Vector.