A new novel about the adventures of James Bond. A brutal murder in a poor immigrant suburb of Paris becomes the first link in a chain of events that can lead to nothing less than a global catastrophe. These events unfold against the backdrop of a surge in the trade in deadly drugs, which is why 60s Britain seems about to plunge into a drug haze, into oblivion from which there is no return. At the same time, a British airliner disappears somewhere over Iraq, and thunderclaps are heard throughout the Middle East... A chic, beautiful Parisian woman named Scarlett Papava becomes Bond's ally. Bond will need her help in a life-or-death struggle with the most dangerous opponent of his career - a man who has turned his life into a dance with the devil himself. Bond is back. And no one will find it enough!