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The Destroyer #56

by Warren Murphy

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Genres: Adventure, Fiction, Action

Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

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

[Gilbert Stack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Murphy is back with another Destroyer novel that sadly slips away from the highs of recent books. It begins with a plodding spoof of groups searching for UFOs but suddenly heats up when Remo gets hurt by a flying saucer. As readers of the series know, it’s very hard to hurt Remo so the stakes were suddenly real. To make matters even more concerning, Chiun believes that the alien Remo encountered may well represent the beings that gave Sinanju the sun source a thousand or more years earlier. (In Sinanju legend this is represented by a ring of fire descending from the heavens, but they do not know what the ring of fire was.) In his eagerness to learn more from the alien, Chiun joins his team and helps carry out his order to save the world by getting rid of America’s nuclear arsenal leaving Remo—never the sharpest knife in the drawer—to figure out what is really going on and save the nation again. The book is fun, but it’s not great.

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[Shawna Troyer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Taco's. They totally made the book for me lol.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another book from the box of manly books The destroyer series was written in the 1970's so the politics are dated which may offend some readers. This book was enjoyable and funny at times. The basic premise is a Korean master of martial arts and assassination is training an American to replace him as master. Together they help defend America from whatever. The Korean master is funny making the book almost worth reading.

[Jeff J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

#56 in the Destroyer series. Aliens recruit a disgruntled feminist to take over the world. Much chaos ensues.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating 3

[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 latest Messiah guru claims to be from another planet, Cure must investigate. Recommended

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

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