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The Destroyer #8

Summit Chase

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 protégé Remo Williams descend on the scene to combat the treacherous plot...but not without a fight.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

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Warren Murphy

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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.

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June 21, 2012
"Διάσκεψη κορυφής", εκδόσεις ΒΙΠΕΡ.

Άλλο ένα βιβλίο αυτών των δυο τύπων, 8ο της σειράς Εξολοθρευτής και 5ο που διαβάζω εγώ. Σε σχέση με τα προηγούμενα βιβλία νομίζω ότι χάνει λίγο, δεν είναι τόσο καλό, αλλά και πάλι μια χαρά το φχαριστήθηκα.

Η ζωή του προέδρου της μικρής νησιωτικής χώρας Σκάμπια είναι σε κίνδυνο, αφού ο Νέμεροφ, ένας πλούσιος βαρώνος, έχει ένα σχέδιο: Να σκοτώσει τον πρόεδρο της χώρας και να έχει το έλεγχο αυτής, μέσω του νυν αντιπροέδρου που θα γίνει ο νέος πρόεδρος - ανδρείκελο. Η χώρα, λοιπόν, θα μετατραπεί σε καταφύγιο όλων των μεγάλων εγκληματιών του πλανήτη. Έναντι πολλών εκατοντάδων χιλιάδων δολαρίων, ο κάθε εγκληματίας θα μπορεί να βρίσκει ένα καταφύγιο, μια κρυψώνα, σε αυτή τη μικρή νησιωτική χώρα. Κάτι τέτοιο βέβαια στην CURE δεν το θέλουν σε καμία περίπτωση, γι'αυτό και στέλνουν τους Ρέμο και Τσιουν για να καθαρίσουν - κυριολεκτικά. Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο βλέπουμε τον Ρέμο να χάνει προσωρινά την μνήμη του, κάτι που του βγαίνει σε καλό εντέλει.

Καλή ιστορία, δεν λέω, αλλά χωρίς ανατροπές. Αρκετή περιπέτεια, γραφικές σκηνές βίας και αρκετό χιούμορ, όπως πάντα. Δηλώνω φαν της σειράς, πλέον.
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