Chapter 1, The Pipe Line Opens Summary

Diamonds Are Forever is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. In this novel, Bond is assigned the task of infiltrating a diamond smuggling ring that begins in Africa, travels through England, and ends in America. As part of the mission, Bond smuggles a package of diamonds into New York in order to seek out a job with the gang running the ring. Bond follows the instructions given to him by the man to whom he delivers the diamonds, but finds that taking orders from others is too slow to satisfy his more adventurous side. Bond purposely sets out to aggravate the mobster in charge of the gang and quickly finds himself in terrible danger. This novel is another exciting chapter in the life of James Bond that will entertain both die-hard Fleming fans as...