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For James Bond and the British Secret Service, the stakes couldn't be higher.

Mr. Big, master of crime and SMERSH operative, crushes those he cannot possess--like his beautiful prisoner, Solitaire, and her would-be saviors James Bond and Felix Leiter.

Diamonds are being smuggled on a formidable scale from Africa to America via Britain. 007's assignment is to break the smuggling ring.

James Bond has been targeted for elimination by SMERSH, and the malevolent Colonel Rosa Klebb has set a trap in Istanbul.

While in Jamaica looking for a missing agent and his secretary, James Bond learns that the reclusive Dr. No could be connected with their disappearance.

When 007 turns up at a sleepy American backwoods motel, he soon realizes that Vivienne Michel is in a tight spot-and that Sol Horror and Sluggsy Morant are hardened killers bent on destruction.

In his Alpine base, Blofeld is developing biological weapons that will devastate Britain. Unaware of the danger, James Bond is about to marry Teresa di Vicenzo. But then he is sent to Switzerland.