Novelization of the 2002 James Bond film, based on the screenplay. The action-packed story begins in a demilitarised zone between North and South Korea with a spectacular high-speed hovercraft chase. From Hong Kong to Cuba to London, Bond continues his quest to unmask a traitor and prevent a war of catastrophic consequence - but not without the help and hindfrance of two mysterious femmes fatales. Hot on the trail of the principal villains, Bond travels to Iceland where he experiences at first hand the power of an amazing new weapon before a dramatic confrontation with his main adversary back in Korea where it all started.