Nick Carter is in the middle of a very dirty business deal: The payoff could be death! Terrorists pull off a kidnapping and the ransom demand is millions in top secret arms.
Gallagher: A fanatic nationalist is hell bent on getting the most advanced weaponry for his civil war. He'd kidnap, torture, and murder to get what he wants.
Marat: The gangster son of a powerful Syndicate head. He was helpless when his daughter was kidnapped for $2.5 million. He vowed revenge and he did nit care who was the bloody target.
Brenna: Her weapon was her body and she gave it willingly and expertly fir the cause of her strife torn country.
Mavropoulos: International arms dealer, a snake in gentleman's clothes. He would put any weapon up for sale, and the spoils to the highest bidder.
Nick Carter is a house pseudonym used by Award, Ace, and later Jove, publishing for the series Nick Carter who later graduated to a special agent for the Killmaster novels, a series of 261+ spy adventures published from 1964 until late 1990s.
A great number of writers have written under the pen-name over the years, beginning in September 1886 when Nick Carter first appeared in the 'New York Weekly' in a 13-week serial, entitled 'The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square'.
The Nick Carter character was originally conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell.