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Legacy #2
The Killing Fields
SUGAR AND SPICE …and carbon-fiber bones. Her name is 14. All she really wants is a new best friend, but it's hard to make friends with someone you're trying to kill. Stone and Freya must face off against the bionic killer while inside a nuclear death trap!
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First published January 1, 2013
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Warren Murphy
293 books120 followersWarren 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.
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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August 18, 2013
The Legacy series is a spin-off of Warren Murphy's Destroyer series. CURE is a rogue agency now not controlled by the White House. The mission is still the same though. And there's a new division that Harold Smith has put in the hands of Ben Cole. His mission is to protect our borders from whoever, whether terrorists, drug dealers, or just plain maniacs after power.
His weapons are two young people, Stone Smith and Freya Williams, children of Sinanju master Remo Williams by different mothers. Stone is a trained SEAL and Freya is a sixteen year old girl. Their grandfather, the biological father of Remo. trains them. Sunny Joe is his title as chief of the Sinanju Indians of the American southwest. Hundreds of years before, Kojong of Korea had arrived on these shores because he was the son of a Sinanju master, a twin, who'd been trained by their blind father unknowingly and their can only be one Sinanju master.
He helped repel another tribe's attack on his people, where the chief was killed, and had been made the leader where he began his own tradition of training a son, passing it down the line. Each chief took the Sunny Joe title. This current Sunny Joe is making his own changes. He's adopted Stone and begun training him. Then Freya comes along and he adds a second pupil to the Sinanju training regimen. Worse, it's a girl.
Though the pair are more dangerous than any other humans alive, with the exception of their father and the old Korean master, Chiun, they are still in the early stages of training in the Sinanju arts.
That's what makes this series fun. They make their own mistakes, have their own enemies(in this case, a teenage girl, augmented with armor attached to bones, and her own training, known only as 14).
But is she really an enemy. Stone believes so, Freya doesn't. There is a perverted power behind her, one who's taken his organization away from it's original goals, who may be the real problem.
Had quite a good time with this one.
His weapons are two young people, Stone Smith and Freya Williams, children of Sinanju master Remo Williams by different mothers. Stone is a trained SEAL and Freya is a sixteen year old girl. Their grandfather, the biological father of Remo. trains them. Sunny Joe is his title as chief of the Sinanju Indians of the American southwest. Hundreds of years before, Kojong of Korea had arrived on these shores because he was the son of a Sinanju master, a twin, who'd been trained by their blind father unknowingly and their can only be one Sinanju master.
He helped repel another tribe's attack on his people, where the chief was killed, and had been made the leader where he began his own tradition of training a son, passing it down the line. Each chief took the Sunny Joe title. This current Sunny Joe is making his own changes. He's adopted Stone and begun training him. Then Freya comes along and he adds a second pupil to the Sinanju training regimen. Worse, it's a girl.
Though the pair are more dangerous than any other humans alive, with the exception of their father and the old Korean master, Chiun, they are still in the early stages of training in the Sinanju arts.
That's what makes this series fun. They make their own mistakes, have their own enemies(in this case, a teenage girl, augmented with armor attached to bones, and her own training, known only as 14).
But is she really an enemy. Stone believes so, Freya doesn't. There is a perverted power behind her, one who's taken his organization away from it's original goals, who may be the real problem.
Had quite a good time with this one.
May 24, 2014
Another fun installment in the Legacy series, with a great new villain--who we don't get to see nearly enough of. Some great developments with Freya on her path to becoming a Mistress of Sinanju.
A clever relaunch of Sinanju for the 21s century that leaves you wanting to read another one as quickly as possible.
A clever relaunch of Sinanju for the 21s century that leaves you wanting to read another one as quickly as possible.
January 22, 2014
MUCH better than the first book! Book two shows this series has a real chance of being a worthy off-shoot of The Destroyer series. Looking forward to book three now.
February 25, 2018
Absolutely love this Legacy!
I have been reading Warren Murphy and the Destroyer series for over 40 years and I am so very pleased with each of the Legacy books and this one was terrific. I'm pre ordering every one to come and highly recommend this one for all.
I have been reading Warren Murphy and the Destroyer series for over 40 years and I am so very pleased with each of the Legacy books and this one was terrific. I'm pre ordering every one to come and highly recommend this one for all.
September 6, 2018
Yes!!!!
So excited with this series and so sad I came across it so late. I read all of the original Destroyer series and love the adventures of Remo and Chuin I always thought they could do something with Remos kids so I am so excited to find this!
So excited with this series and so sad I came across it so late. I read all of the original Destroyer series and love the adventures of Remo and Chuin I always thought they could do something with Remos kids so I am so excited to find this!
May 23, 2017
Good
Good fast books to read fast pasted over all a good set of books have read the first two will probably read the rest
Good fast books to read fast pasted over all a good set of books have read the first two will probably read the rest
April 3, 2021
The Killing Field s
The books are getting better. Not a find reader of configuration books. So far so good. Will see what happens in the next couple of books.
The books are getting better. Not a find reader of configuration books. So far so good. Will see what happens in the next couple of books.
September 18, 2013
Book Review of ‘Legacy-Heirs of Sinanju- The Killing Fields’.
By Warren Murphy and Gerald Welch
This book is the second in the new ‘Legacy’ Series starring the children of Remo Williams, The Destroyer, one of my all-time favorite characters. Stone and Freya are both being trained in Sinanju by Remo’s Father Bill Roam. AKA Sunny Joe of the Sinanju tribe. Their handler is a man named Ben Cole, who is a former Mosad agent, but who now works for CURE under Dr. Harold W. Smith.
What this new series seems to be focusing on is a group called VIGIL which is the polar opposite of CURE. Where CURE is trying to defeat threats to the United States and the world by going outside normal practices, VIGIL is trying to destroy the USA.
In this new volume we meet VIGIL’s new enforcement arms, a group of young women who have carbon fiber grafted to their bones (Wolverine anyone?) to make them indestructible. They are also pumped up with drugs to increase their speed and reflexes. These super killers have a new mission too, kill Stone and Freya. Well, at least one of them does, and her name is simply 14. She is the sole survivor of the program, save for one other who manages to escape and fade into the night.
What follows is a cat and mouse game between our brother and sister team of super Sinanju warriors and the VIGIL killing machine as well as between Ben Coles and his counterpart known as Helmut.
What I liked: The story was good and well written, and did not bore. There was enough action for me, which is always a plus because I can never get too many action scenes. Plus I like the two main antagonists. The spawn of Remo both hold their own admirably, while doing the typical great things you expect out of Sinanju. It’s fast paced, and it’s a read you can’t put down.
What I didn’t like: Not much, there are a couple of small items that I didn’t care for, such as Freya really being the star of the book, also her doing things that supposedly Remo hasn’t done. One of my biggest complaints is Stone smoking. How is that even possible with a breathing system like Sinanju has? Everything centers on breath in Sinanju, so I don’t understand that part, I’m hoping that is clarified in the next book or two. But I know Warren knows what he’s doing here, as this is all about his babies. One thing I miss though is the constant banter between Remo and Chiun, there’s nothing like that here. You get the impression that both leads are still feeling their way around each other, which is fine. Now here’s my biggest complaint: I found this book to be a little too short. It seemed like I sped through it.
All in all though, it’s a great, fun series of books, this is no exception. The villainess in this book was exceptional and was a good match to our heroes. I can’t wait for the next one, and I hope it has more a focus on Stone and not Freya. I’d like to see the series start to focus on his maturing into Sinanju, right now, he’s playing second fiddle to Freya.
By Warren Murphy and Gerald Welch
This book is the second in the new ‘Legacy’ Series starring the children of Remo Williams, The Destroyer, one of my all-time favorite characters. Stone and Freya are both being trained in Sinanju by Remo’s Father Bill Roam. AKA Sunny Joe of the Sinanju tribe. Their handler is a man named Ben Cole, who is a former Mosad agent, but who now works for CURE under Dr. Harold W. Smith.
What this new series seems to be focusing on is a group called VIGIL which is the polar opposite of CURE. Where CURE is trying to defeat threats to the United States and the world by going outside normal practices, VIGIL is trying to destroy the USA.
In this new volume we meet VIGIL’s new enforcement arms, a group of young women who have carbon fiber grafted to their bones (Wolverine anyone?) to make them indestructible. They are also pumped up with drugs to increase their speed and reflexes. These super killers have a new mission too, kill Stone and Freya. Well, at least one of them does, and her name is simply 14. She is the sole survivor of the program, save for one other who manages to escape and fade into the night.
What follows is a cat and mouse game between our brother and sister team of super Sinanju warriors and the VIGIL killing machine as well as between Ben Coles and his counterpart known as Helmut.
What I liked: The story was good and well written, and did not bore. There was enough action for me, which is always a plus because I can never get too many action scenes. Plus I like the two main antagonists. The spawn of Remo both hold their own admirably, while doing the typical great things you expect out of Sinanju. It’s fast paced, and it’s a read you can’t put down.
What I didn’t like: Not much, there are a couple of small items that I didn’t care for, such as Freya really being the star of the book, also her doing things that supposedly Remo hasn’t done. One of my biggest complaints is Stone smoking. How is that even possible with a breathing system like Sinanju has? Everything centers on breath in Sinanju, so I don’t understand that part, I’m hoping that is clarified in the next book or two. But I know Warren knows what he’s doing here, as this is all about his babies. One thing I miss though is the constant banter between Remo and Chiun, there’s nothing like that here. You get the impression that both leads are still feeling their way around each other, which is fine. Now here’s my biggest complaint: I found this book to be a little too short. It seemed like I sped through it.
All in all though, it’s a great, fun series of books, this is no exception. The villainess in this book was exceptional and was a good match to our heroes. I can’t wait for the next one, and I hope it has more a focus on Stone and not Freya. I’d like to see the series start to focus on his maturing into Sinanju, right now, he’s playing second fiddle to Freya.
January 16, 2016
This book is the second installment of the Legacy series, which is a spin-off of the long-standing and excellent Destroyer series, the first volume of which was published in 1971 and which I have followed since 1984. The overall series follows the two children of Remo Williams, the lead character (but not the star - just ask Chiun) of The Destroyer, as they become involved in CURE, the super-secret organization which works to defend America behind the scenes. I think the best thing about the Legacy series so far is that it's characters have deeply entrenched roots that tie them firmly into the Parent series, and thus these books read more like an organic continuation of it, which gives long-term readers emotional investment in the series from the outset. At the same time, there are new characters, including villains, that make one interested to see how they develop as well.
This particular installment concerns a plot by new secret organization VIGIL to eliminate Freya and Stone (Remo Williams' aforementioned children) as part of a plot to increase VIGIL's power with an eye towards world domination. As with many of the best Destroyer books, the best part of the book lies with the interactions of the main characters and their relationships, as well as copious doses of humor and satire that has always made these books such a treat to read. My only gripe is that I wish the book had been a bit longer.
This particular installment concerns a plot by new secret organization VIGIL to eliminate Freya and Stone (Remo Williams' aforementioned children) as part of a plot to increase VIGIL's power with an eye towards world domination. As with many of the best Destroyer books, the best part of the book lies with the interactions of the main characters and their relationships, as well as copious doses of humor and satire that has always made these books such a treat to read. My only gripe is that I wish the book had been a bit longer.
May 17, 2014
This was a much better book than the first entry in this series, and considering how much I enjoyed that book, that's really saying something. Without getting spoilery, the thing I loved about this story was that it was much more focused on the human factor than I was expecting, given the premise. Much more than a mere slam-bang action fest, although there's plenty of that to be had here as well. Freya and Stone both have room for growth, in very different ways, and it's clear that this will be a continuing focus of the series. This pleases me. The third book in this series, Overload, has just been released, and I can't wait to begin it. Not only has this book been an immense pleasure to read in its own right, but it also has rejuvenated my love for the Destroyer series which started it all. And, as Remo Williams is so fond of saying, "That's the biz, sweetheart."
November 5, 2014
Better than book 1. I suspect it took as little bit for Murphy to get back into the story.
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