Hell-Bound Express

Killmaster #256

by Nick Carter

A Soviet agent has defected and sparked a deadly scavenger hunt through the capitals of Europe.
The players: Nick Carter versus the Soviets
The clues: A bloody trail of missing persons and broken bodies.
The prize: A master list of superspies who have been infiltrated the US disguised as Soviet dissidents. A list that could blow the Soviet spy network sky high!

Nick's orders are to get the list, at all costs. It's the most dangerous game he has ever played. A game where the only rule is kill or be killed and the only consolation prize is a painless death

Paperback

First published November 1, 1989

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.