Death Squad

Killmaster #223

by Nick Carter

Latin American dictator Carlos Baldez is dying. And now the vultures are gathering around his death bed, greedy generals ad fierce rebels poised to start a bloody civil war. Already the president's son has been kidnapped in a brazen bid for power. Nick Carter is sent to investigate. But in a smoldering nation about to explode, the facts aren't easy to find. And time is running out, for the Killmaster and for a country on the brink of violent revolution.

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1987

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.