"Gold coins from a Jamaican 17th-century pirate hoard are turning up in pawn shops and banks in Harlem and Florida. M suspects the treasure is being used to finance KGB activity in America, and sends Bond to unmask the operation. Bond discovers a virtual empire of gangers masterminded by the imposing Mr. Big, who keeps the beautiful Solitaire as his personal captive. Voodoo, sharks and barracuda, time bombs, harpoon guns, torture and terror are the ingredients for a scalding brew that reaches the boiling point in an eruption of violence." --- Book Jacket.