Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome; chillingly ruthless and very deadly. This, the first of Fleming`s tales of agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply `The Cypher` - by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to `retire` him. It seems that lady luck is taken with James - The Cypher has hit a losing streak. But some people just refuse to play by the rules and Bond`s attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster and an unexpected