Target Red Star

Killmaster #208

by Nick Carter

A ruthless arms dealer. A routine assassination. A tape-recorded legacy. Suddenly the death of Hamir Aflaq was far from insignificant. For one of the men who had been fooled enough to get in the way for Nick Carter's AK-47 was a kingpin in the newly formed terrorist group, the People's Party For Peace. And the last words he spoke told of a plot by the KGB to kidnap two senior British officials. And destroy the free world's entire espionage network....

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sinfully forgettable. I appreciate the author going for a more le Carre style spy novel when the Carter stable of authors typically settle into the familiar Fleming mold, but that's not really delivering what it says on the tin, now is it?