Feeding Frenzy

The Destroyer #94

by Warren Murphy (Creator), Richard Sapir (Creator), Will Murray

MMMM, MMMM, BAD!

It was a dish to make fast-food freaks eat their hearts out and their heads off. You could cook it quick or swallow it raw. It was cost free, fat free, and fabulously yummy. Of course, some said you had to be bugs to try it, but one taste made you a believer. The trouble was, believers began turning into corpses. That's when Remo and Chiun came in to hunt down the evil ingredient in the murderous munchies, only to run into a famous U.S. Senator whose appetite ran to liquor and ladies, and an exotic beauty who made Chiun her instant enemy and Remo her erotic slave. The Destroyer was in a sexual stranglehold, his Oriental mentor in a huff, and unless they found a way out of the soup, they were both dead meat...

Genres: Mystery, Action

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Warren Murphy was an American author, most famous as the co-creator of The Destroyer series, the basis for the film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. He worked as a reporter and editor and after service during the Korean War, he drifted into politics.

Murphy also wrote the screenplay for Lethal Weapon 2. He is the author of the Trace and Digger series. With Molly Cochran, he completed two books of a planned trilogy revolving around the character The Grandmaster, The Grandmaster (1984) and High Priest (1989). Murphy also shares writing credits with Cochran on The Forever King and several novels under the name Dev Stryker. The first Grandmaster book earned Murphy and Cochran a 1985 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, and Murphy's Pigs Get Fat took the same honor the following year.

His solo novels include Jericho Day, The Red Moon, The Ceiling of Hell, The Sure Thing and Honor Among Thieves. Over his career, Murphy sold over 60 million books.

He started his own publishing house, Ballybunion, to have a vehicle to start The Destroyer spin-off books. Ballybunion has reprinted The Assassin's Handbook, as well as the original works Assassin's Handbook 2, The Movie That Never Was (a screenplay he and Richard Sapir wrote for a Destroyer movie that was never optioned), The Way of the Assassin (the wisdom of Chiun), and New Blood, a collection of short stories written by fans of the series.

He served on the board of the Mystery Writers of America, and was a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, the American Crime Writers League and the Screenwriters Guild.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Considering that we are in an election year it seemed appropriate to dive back into The Destroyer series with Feeding Frenzy and the Warren Murphy-Richard Sapir “patent-pending” irreverence — so ably displayed by ghostwriter Will Murray.

Another quick read that mocks food crazes, media bias, Rush Limbaugh and Ted Kennedy. Names were changed, of course, but identities are clear.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating 3.5

Thought this was an okay entry in the series.
At times felt like a retread of previous ideas bound up in a new plot.
The best thing for me was probably the back and forth between Chiun and Remo - that felt spot on and not as strained as it can sometimes be.

[Jeff J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

#94 in the Destroyer series. Attack of the Spider Diva! Much chaos ensues.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the big men's adventure series from the 70's than ran an impressive 145 books. The series while an adventure/action story is also full of satire toward much of the mainstream fads and icons of the time. An interesting main character and the sarcastic mentor makes this a funny action/adventure read. The new disease known as HELP is killing off a strange cult dedicated to living off insects. Certain that it was man-made, Smith sends Remo and Chiun to find out who doesn't like these people and to make them stop. Stopping them will be difficult as they are connected to an ancient enemy of Sinanju called the Spider Divas. Recommended