Casino Royale

Note: This is a used bargain bin book.  It has heavy foxing but the book is structurally sound.  It's not mostly good, it is mostly just okay. :( Nonetheless, it is an important book because it is the first 007 book.

In the first of Fleming’s James Bond novels, 007 declares war on Le Chiffre, French communist and paymaster of the Soviet murder organization SMERSH. The battle begins with a fifty-million-franc game of baccarat, gains momentum during Bond’s fiery love affair with a sensuous lady spy, and reaches a chilling climax with fiendish torture at the hands of a master sadist. For incredible suspense, unexpected thrills, and extraordinary danger, nothing can beat James Bond in his inaugural adventure.