As I worked through the world of The Midas Files, I found myself creating characters whose traits sometimes echoed real political figures. Not direct copies. Not hidden biographies. More like creative composites — fictional people shaped by recognizable fragments of history, personality, ideology, and public image.
In this Bingham’s Notebook entry, we take a closer look at Dr. Ibrahim Aziz, a key new character introduced at the beginning of Call of the Minotaur: Midas Files Book Two.
Creating a fictional world is one of the most thrilling parts of writing a novel. It allows a writer to construct places, societies, secret histories, and hidden ecosystems that never existed — but still need to feel real enough for readers to believe in them.
In The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One, I introduced time travel with a certain amount of deliberate fuzziness.
I believe it was James Scott Bell who described a book’s theme as something that often reveals itself after the story has been told.
In The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One, Hank Raglan begins as a well-meaning but deeply naive protagonist.
Step into The Midas Files, a techno-thriller series where quantum mystery, ancient power, corporate ambition, and otherworldly secrets collide. Start the journey with The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One by Matt De Reno.
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