David Wolkovsky is a CIA liaison officer stationed at the U.S. embassy in Grosvenor Square in the 1988 James Bond novel, Scorpius by John Gardner.
Novel biography[]
Following the death of Emma Dupré, and with Trilby Shrivenham in custody, Wolkovsky is brought in to assist James Bond on a joint Anglo-American investigation into the mysterious Vladimir Scorpius. Bond then reads a dossier of Scorpius' background information as written by Wolkovsky.
When Bond meets Harriet Horner following a shootout at an Avante Carte office, he asks her if she knows Wolkovsky. She replies that she does, and that he was to serve as back-up in case she may run into trouble.
Following the assassination of Lord Samuel Mills, Wolkovsky is brought into M's office. M furiously complains to Wolkovsky about Horner's operation on British soil being unauthorized. Wolkovsky then states he was unaware that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service was involved in the operation. Later on, M later informs Wolkovsky that he has evidence that an American was involved in the assassination in which he intends to bring forth to a special committee named COBRA. He also asks Wolkovsky if he's willing to join COBRA in the covert operation into Scorpius. Wolkovsky then calls Washington, D.C. to gain approval into the operation.
Wolkovsky then reveals he had advised the IRS to obtain approval from the British into launching an investigation, but they didn't. M forgives Wolkovsky, and Bond and Wolkovsky leave his office. Wolkovsky briefly interviews Horner and clears her to leave the safehouse.
After Sergeant Pearlman takes Bond to Scorpius' island headquarters in South Carolina, Bond reunites with Horner and the two are "married". They then attempt to escape the headquarters through a marsh filled with moccasins. Horner dies from being poisoned while Bond is rescued by Wolkovsky who informs him that the FBI is launching a raid on Scorpius' headquarters, which further angers Bond as her death was in vain. Returning to his island, Wolkovsky asks for Bond to bring Scorpius alive, but in furious rage, Bond forces Scorpius to die in a similar manner as Horner's.
Following Scorpius' death, Bond, Pearlman, and Wolkovsky race to Washington, D.C. to prevent the double assassination plot against the President of the United States and the British Prime Minister. Bond then kills Ruth Pearlman and Chief Superintendent Bailey.