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One legendary hero. One epic series.

Someone is taking a special interest in the Brewster Forum think tank: compromising photos have been taken; their security officer is dead under suspicious circumstances; information about its members is being traded in shadowy places by shadowy figures. This wouldn''t normally be a job for America''s most deniable covert agency, but the Forum has recently devised what it calls a ''simple little plan to conquer the world''.National security is at risk, and there''s only one man tough enough to take on the threat.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organization, CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

An international incident nearly reaches boiling point when a Chinese diplomat is killed and the Communist Chairman''s advisor is kidnapped, all on US soil. But help is on hand for the state department - off the books and outside the law.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence.Now Remo and Chiun must save the abducted adviser and compromise the conspiracy, all while the US and China prepare for nuclear war and an assassin seeks to take The Destroyer down. Can they solve the puzzle before it''s too late?Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The Mafia is making a power play on US soil, smuggling in four shipping containers full of the finest Turkish heroin right under the Feds'' noses. It''s a shipment large enough to turn a generation into addicts and elevate the Cosa Nostra to new heights. This is a clear and present danger to the future of the nation - the only course for the President is to pick up a very special phone and to ask CURE to send in The Destroyer.The Destroyer is Remo Williams, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for a top secret government law-enforcement organisation. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

With the ability to use the awesome destructive power of earthquakes for his own ill-gotten gains, villainous Dr Quake is threatening to unleash devastation on California unless he''s paid a king''s ransom. He has the technology and California has the fault lines. But while Quake and his lovely assistants may have plate tectonics under their control, Remo and Chiun are two forces of nature they never planned to contend with.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Men and women in key government positions are being influenced. Controlled. Made to act in ways completely contrary to their natures, and contrary to the interests of their nation. And they do so all the way to their deaths. American foreign policy is up for sale to the highest bidder.When the president can trust no one because everyone is suspect, he reaches for a very special telephone and asks for ''that person'' to be activated. That person is Remo Williams: The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Eugene Jethro is a rising star in the union movement - personable, charming and possessed of an unerring feel for the levers of power. He has emerged from obscurity almost overnight, set on winning the presidency of the International Brotherhood of Drivers. But that''s not the limit of his ambitions. As well as building a mysterious headquarters complex, union brothers who don''t see things Jethro''s way have started disappearing, and there is talk of several mergers which would give him a stranglehold on American transportation and shipping. But nobody''s going to strangle America. Not if Remo has anything to say about it.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The small African nation of Scambia is in danger and it doesn''t even know it. International syndicates want to create a lawless safe haven for well-heeled criminals and Scambia fits the bill perfectly. But they have a problem: the president of Scambia is a dedicated servant of his country. But the vice-president isn''t. All that''s needed is financial backing, good timing and a little honour among thieves, and this fragile democratic nation will fall. What the criminals won''t count on is Remo Williams.Remo is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Out of frustration at the constant red tape and frequent botched arrests, a group of police have formed their own small, secret army - a clandestine force methodically killing those people the law cannot reach. It''s scaring the hell out of the underworld - and the White House.Secret organisation CURE is called in to eliminate this group before it becomes too powerful, but almost immediately there is a problem. Because Remo Williams, CURE''s superweapon, is a former cop. He refuses to kill cops. Especially cops doing the same thing he does . . . in almost the same way.So it''s up to Chiun, the ancient Korean who is Remo''s mentor and companion. Can Chiun get Remo to take on the killer cops and serve once more as America''s last line of defence?Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

A terrifying international network of terrorist groups is forming: skyjackers, racists, guerrillas, mercenaries - all undisciplined killers, fighting for cause or for cash. It has the potential to become an unholy alliance beyond the combat ability of any army.The world''s major powers would be powerless against such an enemy; it could move and grow like a deadly amoeba - crush one cell and another part would grow or split off. Here is an enemy skilled at creating disaster, with no name and no control base. Beyond control and perhaps beyond destruction.Into the breach steps Remo Williams, The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Besieged by crime, internal corruption and the threat of revolutionary anarchy, the president created CURE - a government agency which does not exist, and since it does not exist, is not bound by constitutional safeguards. Its mission is to fight crime. To safeguard the country the president had specified that not even the president can give CURE orders. With one exception: he can order it to disband.Exposure was the one big flaw in the entire operation. Now exactly that has happened, and only Remo Williams can save it.Remo is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, and is CURE''s number one super-weapon. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. The country is reeling as young American socialites from leading families are dying. Or are they? When one of the ''dead'' is found alive, enslaved in an exclusive African brothel, influential people see to it that Remo and Chiun sent to investigate. Whether they like it or not. And if it should happen that local legend speaks of a time when a man from the East and a man from the West will come to liberate the minority Loni people? It could just be a coincidence. Or it could be an ancient debt of honor that the House of Sinanju must make good on.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Vickie Stoner knows some things. Things that could put a number of very wealthy, very influential men in prison if she testifies. At least one of those wealthy, influential men would prefer that she does not, and has offered one million dollars to the first assassin to silence her. Vickie just wants to pop some pills, expand her mind and bed the lead singer of Maggot and the Dead Meat Lice. Which makes her a hard girl to keep safe. There''s only one man for the job . . .Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Smith had been his boss there from the start, but suddenly everything is changing.CURE finds itself with a new director: Blake Corbish, an up-and-coming VP at International Data Corp who just appears one day. Where''s Smith? Corbish tells Remo that Smith had to be eliminated after having a breakdown and endangering national security. But for Remo, things aren''t adding up, and he has a lot of questions.He will find the answers spelled out in blood, pain and violent death... Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The Robler Clinic is getting a reputation for far too many deaths during routine operations. A gorgeous female administrator, Kathy Hahl, has discovered a profitable little racket, and her tame anaesthetist, Dan Demmet, has been playing along nicely. But when Nathan David Wilberforce - a man of special interest to the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE - comes to a premature death at the clinic, Remo and Chiun decide it is time to infiltrate.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

For years America has been supplied with oil from the Middle Eastern state of Lobynia. But there''s a policy change when Lobynia''s king is deposed by army Colonel Baraka in a bloodless coup. Baraka decides that American oil refineries are despoiling his homeland. Besides, he sees an opportunity to put the economic squeeze on by turning the oil supply off.To find a way around this shutoff, an American scientist devises a revolutionary new process to extract oil from the ground. Suddenly, however, the scientist is found dead. Time to send in the only two men who can stop Baraka . . .Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The eyes of the world are on the small Midwestern town of Wounded Elk when it is captured by rampaging Indians who intend to even the score. And what no one - except the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE - knows yet, is that just outside the city limits is the United States'' biggest and most secret nuclear installation, loaded with enough atomic weapons to send us back to the Stone Age.Something amazing is needed to stop the arsenal falling into the wrong hands. Or perhaps, someone amazing . . . Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The San Diego branch of the Secret Service is receiving some absolutely perfect counterfeit U.S. currency in the mail, and getting nervous. A flood of these bogus bucks could cripple the economy - which is just what Mr Gordons threatens to do unless he receives a computer program developed by NASA for use in unmanned space flights. Yet the program is virtually useless within a million miles of earth . . .Just who is this Mr Gordons? What is the source of his mysterious powers? And what is his relationship with the beautiful, brilliant scientist who heads the space research program? Only one man can crack the plot. Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. In the past, Remo and Chiun have had to deal with every make of charlatan, thug and assassin. No problem. But a revered, berobed and bejeweled Indian Holy Man, the certified crazy Maharaji Gupta Mahesh Dor and the Blissful Master of the International Divine Bliss Mission? Legend has it that if a holy man is harmed within the sacred grounds of Patna, all of India will tremble and the heavens will crack. Big deal, just another troubleshoot for the boys.Then there is a death in Patna. A tremendous earthquake follows. The White House is shaken up. The TV crews arrive. All hell breaks loose. But Remo and Chiun have barely begun . . .Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

After a brutal fight in the streets of New Jersey, Remo and Chiun find themselves in battle after battle. Their arch-enemy and fellow assassin, the Maestro of Mayhem known as Nuihc, is hoping to knock out his competition. It all comes to a boil in Chiun''s hometown in North Korea as the Destroyer finds himself in a fight to the death.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

James Orayo Fielding is a multimillionaire. And he hates people. Fielding also has a new way to solve the famine that is escalating in many overpopulated countries, a secret grain treatment that matures seeds in just one month. News of this spectacular process sweeps across the world. The starving nations of India, Asia and South America literally ransom their treasuries to be given the formula. But Fielding isn''t sending it out.Foreign agents attempt to steal the formula. Even the Mafia attempts to get into the picture. But is it really possible to feed the world at discount prices? And why would a millionaire delay the chance to make billions of dollars? Only one man can find out: Remo Williams, The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Artists, composers and writers are being mutilated and destroyed in the bloodiest murders in police history. Our heroes Remo and Chiun are thrown into the action when CURE''s director Dr Harold Smith is nearly killed by a piece of contemporary artwork exploding in a public park. Smith''s injuries lead to a wild confrontation with a madman who is convinced he can control creativity and discover the very secrets of creative thought - by collecting brains.They track the killer to Hollywood, even kick-starting possible new careers for the duo - until an old foe returns to do battle.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The government''s Witness Protection Program has been compromised - cooperative criminals who thought a new name would keep them safe are suddenly turning up dead. As this continues it threatens the future of hundreds of cases when others panic about pulling out, fearing for their safety. And those killing them are merely children.Who is training them? And why can''t Remo use his Sinanju skills against them? Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Civilizations fell when Cortez and his conquistadores landed in the New World. The Mayans, the Aztecs and the Toltec all vanished into the mists of history. But one tribe survived: the Actatl. And what survived with them was their huge stone idol, Uctut - the sacred rock which demanded blood as a sacrifice . . . human blood.When the stone is despoiled in a New York museum by a young graffiti freak, the Actatl leaders demand revenge on the despoiler and on the country which gave rise to him. Their method of vengeance? Simple - extract the victim''s heart. But when one of their first victims is a US Congressman, something special is called for. Enter Remo Williams: The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

An eccentric professor has invented the world''s greatest entertainment device - a gadget that will allow you to watch your own most secret fantasies on your television. The Mafia want the machine, hoping to market it as the ultimate vice; and the TV moguls along Madison Avenue would also like the professor''s invention, too - just to bury it. After all, who''s going to watch summer reruns when they can have their own dream machine?And Dr. Harold Smith, head of the super-secret agency CURE, would also like to get his hands on the machine because he knows something else about it - that it can be dangerous and deadly.Enter Remo Williams: The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America''s last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

America''s spy network is under investigation - but when a committee starts to delve in to their suspicions, they mistakenly gut the nation''s entire intelligence system. Suddenly Russia''s special killer teams are free to wreak havoc in Europe with no threat of retribution. American spies turn up dead, and in capitals around the world, meetings are held to plan the next anti-American escapade.There is one hope left for America''s defences.Into the breach are thrown America''s two secret weapons: Remo Williams, the Destroyer, and his deadly mentor, Chiun, a master assassin. They are sent overseas to restore the world''s balance of power from amongst the chaos.But the Soviets don''t give up that easily. They too have a secret weapon, and when they unleash it, Remo and Chiun find themselves faced with a battle to the death.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.