Spoils of war (1981)

by Warren Murphy

Series: The Destroyer (45)

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The entire U.S. army is being forced to wage war on its own people by a pontificating tent-preacher and the blonde Venus traveling as his wife. But, saints be praised, Remo and Chiun are of a different persuasion, and their unorthodox tactics leave many a zombie-eyed Christian soldier prostrate on the ground. Chaplains are dying left and right ... an army base appears out of nowhere that answers to a higher authority than even the Pentagon. Agents of CURE postulate that a Mideast power may have created these apocalyptic events, but the facts are cloistered in secrecy. When Remo and Chiun look for answers, there's no room for sacred cows--and that's the gospel truth!… (more)

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His name was Remo and he was flying like a captive god.

Remo and Chiun are tasked with investigating reports of erratic behavior and disappearing chaplains at military bases, only to discover a Senator's plan to install a foreign army on American soil with the help of a homicidal religious con-artist couple. The setup for this Destroyer novel takes a bit more suspension of disbelief than others; Senator Nooner's plans to take over America are sketchy at best, soldiers are turned into mindless zombies with some LSD concoction, and the name of the main femme fatale is Randy Nooner. Nothing to take too seriously here other than some more Shiva the Destroyer dream sequences, but plenty of fun to be had as Remo and Chiun take on a corrupted US Army. (

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Spoils of war

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1981

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Chiun (Master of Sinanju)

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For Margaret Richardson McBride, with love and appreciation, and for the Glorious House of Sinanju, P.O. Box 1454, Secaucus, NJ 07094

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On the day he pushed the man off the Pontusket Bridge, Artemis Thwill knew he was free.

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The entire U.S. army is being forced to wage war on its own people by a pontificating tent-preacher and the blonde Venus traveling as his wife. But, saints be praised, Remo and Chiun are of a different persuasion, and their unorthodox tactics leave many a zombie-eyed Christian soldier prostrate on the ground. Chaplains are dying left and right ... an army base appears out of nowhere that answers to a higher authority than even the Pentagon. Agents of CURE postulate that a Mideast power may have created these apocalyptic events, but the facts are cloistered in secrecy. When Remo and Chiun look for answers, there's no room for sacred cows--and that's the gospel truth!

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Remo and Chiun keep the faith as they battle Bible-toting brain-baptizers bent on civil war!

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