“I’d say that AYRE FORCE is the bridge where Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, DC Comics’ Checkmate, and G.I. JOE meet. The book is about a covert operations unit fighting against a pharmaceutical corporation dealing with illegal and immoral eugenics experiments…

“Writing Calvin and all of the real-life Bodog stars was really a matter of researching all the people and bringing their personas to the story. With Calvin, in particular, we were given free range to create a history for his fictional self, so I created the secret origin of Calvin Ayre in a way that is grounded enough to be believable.

“Suffice it to say, he wasn’t rocketed here from another planet.”

Joe Illidge