James Bond 007 begins the mission that will become an obsession the night that Flight 229 is torn apart at Washington airport, killing 435 passengers. But the victim who matters to Bond is the Principessa Sukie Tempesta: once his lover, still his friend.
The search for Sukie's killers will turn out to be the most complex and demanding assignment of Bond's career. Across continents and through ever-changing labyrinths of evil, he follows the traces of clues in the centre of a fanatical society more deadly than any terrorist army. Its code name is "COLD"
