in Tokyo, a fatal strain of West Nile virus has infected- and killed the head of the world's largest genetic research company and his family. Whoever is behind the murders is far more dangerous than the average assassin- dangerous enough to send in James Bond. Tracing the crime back to a mysterious terrorist known as Goro Yoshida, Agent 007 together with an old friend and a beautiful Japanese agent must predict the next attack and stop a weapon powerful enough to destroy the Western World.