Royal Casino. The Secret Service becomes aware that the treasurer of the Alsatian workers' union, and part-time Russian agent, a certain Le Chiffre, invested union money in dubious activities, went bankrupt and is now going to return it by playing in one of the casinos in the town of Royal. Lez-O. Since in the event of a conflict with the communists this money will be directed against “Western democracy”, British intelligence is taking measures to ensure that Number fails. The main figure in this operation should be agent 007 James Bond. Live and let others die. The FBI, CIA and MI6 suspect a black gangster nicknamed Mr. Big of collaborating with Soviet intelligence. Buonaparte Ignacia Gallia (BIG) is a former American counterintelligence agent in France, and now the leader of a mafia clan in Harlem, the head of the Black Spider witchcraft sect controls the US transport system through black workers. Mr. Big finances his spy network with the help of the treasures of the legendary pirate Henry Morgan, selling ancient coins from the found treasure. It was their appearance on the US “black” market that gave impetus to a joint investigation, in which Felix Leiter and, of course, James Bond. Moonracker. Hugo Drax are one of the richest men in England. He is respected in society and even almost universally loved because he uses his own money to build the Moonraker ballistic missile for the British Ministry of Defense. True, he is ugly, he has shocking manners, and he cheats at a card game, but Drax's antics are tolerated, considering them just the quirks of a rich man. However, decent people from high society do not really want to put up with card fraud. M (a representative of this very highest...) gives the task to James Bond, as an expert in the card game, to teach Drax a lesson, but only so as not to cause a scandal. 007, of course, successfully copes with the task. And the next day, instead of his deceased colleague, he has to become the head of the security service in the Moonraker project...