In Gardner's 13th James Bond novel, Bond and his stunning partner, the former Swiss intelligence agent Flicka von Grusse, investigate the disappearance of Sir Maxwell, a self-made billionaire whose aims rival that of Hitler. Their pursuit takes them on a dangerous course through London to Spain then across the Middle East and on to a floating laboratory off the coast of Puerto Rico while caught up in both deadly international arms trade and an ecological disaster that threatens the entire globe.