Ever since boyhood, people have laughed when they discover Anthony Bond has the same surname as the iconic spy, and that the fictitious James’s name is borrowed from the real-life ornithologist Anthony happens to share birthdays with. Anthony’s own adventures begin at birth, during a World War II air raid. Later, he rebels against his English middle class upbringing and emigrates to Canada. Anthony’s first job in television is working for an infamous producer who has been fired for feeding answers to game show contestants. Following an elderly aunt’s tip about a notorious ancestor, Anthony unearths links to a royal lineage. After his last TV assignment, directing a film about a round-the-world flight, Anthony ends up at a spiritual community famous for its nature spirits. And while making an anti-nuke documentary in Washington, he meets a beautiful woman who changes his life.