Moonraker by Ian Fleming features the global icon, legendary spy James Bond/007

Sir Hugo Drax is a multi-millionaire tycoon and war hero, revered by the British public for his Moonraker missile defense program.

So why does he risk destroying his reputation and the future of the Moonraker program by gambling millions of pounds at the card table, and is there something suspicious about his winning streak?

As "the best card-player in the service," Bond is called in to uncover the answers.

But as 007 probes deeper into the activities at the Moonraker base, he discovers that there is more to the mysterious Drax and his project than simply cheating at cards...