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Cover of SAHARA: On the Tracks of James Bond by Simon Firth, desert landscape design

SAHARA: On the Tracks of James Bond Lands on 14 November

Simon Firth’s SAHARA maps Bond’s Egypt and Morocco locations from The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights and Spectre. Out 14 November 2026 at EUR 39.95, with a London launch the same day.

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On the Tracks of 007 will publish SAHARA: On the Tracks of James Bond on 14 November 2026. Simon Firth’s new location book follows Bond through Egypt and Morocco across The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights and Spectre.

Cover of SAHARA: On the Tracks of James Bond by Simon Firth, desert landscape design
Image: DMD Digital / On the Tracks of 007

What it covers

The book is a 224 page full colour hardcover with a dust jacket. Firth, who has already written On the Tracks volumes on Jamaica, the Bahamas, France and the Côte d’Azur, maps Cairo, Luxor, Tangier and the Moroccan landscapes that stood in for Afghanistan and for Blofeld’s desert base in Spectre. Callum McDougall writes the foreword. Maryam d’Abo, who played Kara in The Living Daylights, writes the afterword. Raymond Benson contributes on the travels behind his novel DoubleShot.

Price, launch and where to buy

The luxury hardcover is EUR 39.95 from On the Tracks of 007 (ISBN 9789083699714; publisher DMD Digital, the Netherlands). Mail orders ship after 15 November 2026. A London launch on 14 November at 4pm is open to buyers of a signed pick-up copy at EUR 64.95, with Maryam d’Abo, Callum McDougall and Firth present. For our own Morocco notes see Spectre filming locations; for the Sardinia side of The Spy Who Loved Me see our Sardinia guide.

Sources: On the Tracks of 007, SAHARA luxury hardcover; On the Tracks of 007, London launch pick-up copy; On the Tracks of 007 homepage (launch announcement); Bond Lifestyle product page.