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The President of Scambia's life is in danger when one sleezy goon schemes to assassinate not only a leader, but immobilize and destroy the entire country and transform its peaceful society into a thundering safe haven for international hoods. Master Chiun and his protege Remo Williams descend on the scene to combat the treacherous plot...but not without a fight.Tags
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Eighth in the Destroyer series. This one is pretty forgettable. Though I read the book a mere month ago, I had to pick it up and remind myself of what even happened in the book.
The plot involves an international criminal mastermind calling a summit of the world's top criminal leaders in order to tell them that he is setting up a African nation to be a sanctuary for criminal enterprises. (Kinda like what the Seychelles and a few other Third World island get-aways have done.) Along the way, Remo gets amnesia and thinks he's a hitman who works for the criminal mastermind. It's a decent enough premise, but just kind of bland. I was hoping for more. It's not bad, but it's not great or particularly memorable, unfortunately.
Review copyright show more 2008 J. Andrew Byers show less
The plot involves an international criminal mastermind calling a summit of the world's top criminal leaders in order to tell them that he is setting up a African nation to be a sanctuary for criminal enterprises. (Kinda like what the Seychelles and a few other Third World island get-aways have done.) Along the way, Remo gets amnesia and thinks he's a hitman who works for the criminal mastermind. It's a decent enough premise, but just kind of bland. I was hoping for more. It's not bad, but it's not great or particularly memorable, unfortunately.
Review copyright show more 2008 J. Andrew Byers show less
#356 in our old book database. Not rated.
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Warren Murphy was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 13, 1933. Before becoming an author, worked in journalism and politics. In 1971, he started the Destroyer series with Richard Sapir. His other novels include Jericho Day, The Red Moon, The Ceiling of Hell, The Sure Thing, and Honor Among Thieves. He has received various awards show more including the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for The Grandmaster and Pigs Get Fat, and a Special Award for Trace. He has also received the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for The Ceiling of Hell and Another Day, Another Dollar. He also wrote the screenplays for the movies Lethal Weapon 2 and The Eiger Sanction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Author Richard Sapir was born in 1936. He graduated from Columbia University. Before creating The Destroyer series with Warren Murphy, he worked as a reporter, editor, and in public relations. He also wrote five novels in which one, The Body, was made into a movie in 2001. He died of a heart attack in 1987. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title*
- Under brottets flagga
- Original title
- Summit Chase
- Original publication date
- 1973
- People/Characters
- Chiun (Master of Sinanju); Harold W. Smith; Remo Williams; Asiphar (Vice President); Dashiti (President); Isaac Nemeroff
- First words
- It is written in the ancient books that when visiting a man who is soon to die, one must carry the knotted rope of elephant tail.
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, French, Swedish
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 6
