Series: James Bond

James Bond plays a deadly game of chance in Ian Fleming's legendary first classic 007 novel. Le Chiffre is a ruthless operative and the accountant for a Soviet SMERSH cell in France, but he's on the verge of disaster after gambling away his client's money. Taking the last of his stash, he lures a dozen wealthy players to a high-stakes...

JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for "Death to Spies," is hell-bent on destroying Secret Agent 007, James Bond. His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of the British Secret Service. The lure? A beautiful woman at...