Max Zorin je računalniški magnat, ki je ustvaril program, s katerim namerava sprožiti potres v Kaliforniji in tako onesposobiti svojo konkurenco. Bondova naloga je, da ga zaustavi, vendar mu na poti stoji Zorinova postavna in smrtonosna sodelavka May Day. Bondu nalogo otežuje še dejstvo, da je Zorin inteligenten psihopat, ki je bil deležen tudi urjenja pri KGB. A najbolj slavnemu agentu na pomoč priskoči lepa geologinja Stacey Sutton, ki ima z Zorinom tudi sama neporavnane račune. Bond in Stacey bosta morala preživeti eksplozijo, požar in poplavo ter končni obračun na slovitem mostu Golden Gate v San Franciscu.
James Bond has one more mission. Bond returns from his travels in the USSR with a computer chip. This chip is capable of withstanding a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that would otherwise destroy a normal chip. The chip was created by Zorin Industries, and Bond heads off to investigate its owner, Max Zorin. Zorin may only seem like a innocent guilty man, but is really planning to set off an earthquake in San Andreas which will wipe out all of Silicon Valley. As well as Zorin, Bond must also tackle May Day and equally menacing companion of Zorin, whilst dragging Stacy Sutton along for the ride.
