Book Description


Introducing James Bond - charming, sophisticated, handsome; chillingly ruthless and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply 'le Chiffre' - by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to 'retire' him.


It seems that lady luck is taken with 007 - le Chiffre has hit a losing streak. But some people just refuse to play by the rules, and Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster and an unexpected savior.