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by Ian Fleming
About 48 pages (14,442 words)
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Part One - Monday, Chapter 1 - Secret Paper-Work Summary

Millionaire Hugo Drax cheats at cards, the highest offense in polite English society. Special Agent James Bond is brought in to put Drax in his place, and Bond humiliates him in a tense game of bridge. After the game, Drax warns him that he had better spend his winnings quickly. Bond finds this comment suspicious but does not dwell on it at the time. Shortly after, Bond meets Drax again as he is assigned to work security at Drax's Moonraker facility where he is building a world class rocket that will be capable of carrying an atomic bomb to any city in Europe. Bond senses something suspicious but can find no evidence of contravention. The day before the launch of the Moonraker, Bond, with the assistance.....

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