<p><strong>JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCE</strong></p><p>SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for "Death to Spies," is hell-bent on destroying Special Agent James Bond.</p><p>His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of the British Secret Service.</p><p>The lure? A beautiful woman who needs 007's help. Tatiana Romanova is a Russian spy who promises to hand over the prized Spektor decoding machine if Bond aids her defection. Bond suspects a trap but can't resist the opportunity to give the British the upper hand in a chilling new front of the Cold War.</p><p>So begins a deadly game of bluff and double bluff, with Bond a marked man as he enters the murky world of Balkan espionage.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Ian Fleming<br><b>Publisher:</b> William Morrow & Company<br><b>Published:</b> 09/12/2023<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.55lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780063298675<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP