We first find Bond in Cyprus, where a number of British troops have been discovered murdered under mysterious circumstances.

M then tells Bond that all of the killings are connected—near all the bodies were statues of Greek deities and numbers, keeping a running count of the victims.

Bond goes to Casino au Mont Parnes and beats Romanos in a game of baccarat, catching the attention of an attractive woman named Hera Volopoulos, also a member of the Decada.

She leaves Bond to stop a nuclear missile that will be fired from Greece into Turkey.

Hera's plan is to profit from the chaos ensuing after she releases a new virus worldwide.