Plot: Diamonds are being smuggled out of South America at an alarming rate. James Bond is sent to investigate, and is caught up in one of the biggest crime syndicates in the United States.

Villian:Seraffimo Spang The western edge of the pipeline. He has a passion for the "Wild West", and owns a ghost town called Spectreville and a 4-4-0 gauge train, the Cannonball.

Henchman:Shady Tree He's Bond's main contact with the Spang brothers. He is the one who gives Bond the orders on his job, and also gives him his payment of $5,000.

Henchmen:Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint Two professional assassins from Detroit. They always work together. Mr. Wint has a fear of travel and has a nasty wart that he sucks often. His obsession with that wart leads to the duo's downfall.

Helpers:Felix Leiter Since his gun arm was chewed off by a shark, he was released from CIA duty. He went to work for the Pinkertons, and is really only conserned with the race fixing section of the Spang brother's operations.