The Fanatics of Al Asad

Killmaster #104

by Nick Carter

"The President and Vice President have been killed. An Arab killer team has kidnapped the acting President. Their ransom, the destruction of Israel by the United States! Nick Carter has only 48 hours to find and destroy the Arab fanatics."

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

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.