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Crimson Tide at the Riviera Synopsis J ames Bond is drawn into a mission of international consequence when a series of unsettling financial incidents and corporate sabotage point to the secretive tech billionaire, Leon Volkov . Volkov's company, " Aetherium ," is on the verge of launching a revolutionary, bio-integrated cryptocurrency that could replace traditional money entirely. M, suspicious of Volkov's motives, tasks Bond with infiltrating his exclusive, high-tech casino on the French Riviera . Operating under the guise of a high-rolling financier, Bond uses his charm and skills to get close to Volkov and his icy head of security, the enigmatic former MI6 agent, Lyra Vance . Lyra, with her own complex past, presents a challenge for Bond's legendary seduction tactics. With Q's cutting-edge gadgets, Bond uncovers a plot far more sinister than financial dominance: Volkov intends to use his currency system to trigger a "digital purge," wiping out al...

Read only  The first sign was the phone call. Not the call itself, but the way my sister Chloe's voice wavered on the other end, a fragile, unfamiliar sound. Chloe was a tempest, a whirlwind of vibrant chaos, not given to wavering. We had been distant for years, separated by a chasm of unspoken words and a decade of different lives. Our relationship, once as close as two heartbeats, had frayed into a polite but superficial connection, held together only by the fragile thread of our parents. "Maya," she said, and I heard the hitch in her breath. "I'm pregnant." The words hit me with the force of a physical blow. Not because of the news itself – Chloe had always been unpredictable – but because my mind, unbidden, conjured the image of a man I hadn't seen in over a decade. Liam. The only man I had ever truly loved, the man whose absence had left an empty space in my chest that no one else could fill. My first, and most profound, heartbreak. He was the reaso...