In a north London cemetery a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrive at Eton To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles Once the code is cracked, he has just 48 hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both And if the professor can't escape, it's not only his future under threat, but the rest of the world's!