In this latest action-packed, Bond teams up with fellow 00 agent Suzi Kew once again on another sun-soaked episode.

James Bond is dead! Or so his employers believe - until he mysteriously returns and attempts to assassinate his boss, M - because he's been brainwashed by the KGB! With his conditioning removed, M wastes no time in dispatching Bond on a deadly mission to track down hired killer Francisco Scaramanga.

A secretary's terrifying visions of fire and doom, followed by the assassination of a top scientist, put Bond on the trail of a vicious arms dealer - but when a beautiful young girl and her boyfriend also become involved, will Bond be able to discover the secret of the Phoenix Project?

This is the story that introduced us to James Bond. In his first mission, 007 must neutralize a Russian operative by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his 'retirement'. But, Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster.

Modern-day King Midas, Auric Goldfinger, plans on ruining the economies of the Free World and using his own vast hoard of gold to control the planet. Bond must use all of his rugged charms and brutal skills to stop Goldfinger before he brings western civilisation to its knees. Several other short stories are included in this volume.