The corpse of a young girl is found in the Thames. Special Branch call on James Bond who finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly game of terrorism and arms supplies involving the Society of the Meek Ones led by Father Valentine who has links with Vladimir Scorpius The King of Terror. This book is the latest in the James Bond series. The author has also written The Garden of Weapons, The Nostradamus Traitor, The Secret Generations and The Secret Houses.