A manned American rocket mysteriously disappears while in orbit during a routine mission. The US suspect the Soviets and threaten retaliation. Britain has other suspicions when a  tracking station indicates that the space craft may have come down near the Sea of Japan.  After faking his death to keep his current enemies away, Britain sends James Bond to Japan to investigate, with help from Tiger Tanaka of Japanese Intelligence. But when a Soviet spacecraft also vanishes, 007

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must identify the true enemy in a race against the clock to prevent the outbreak of World War III.