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...
