Assassin's Playoff (The Destroyer) (Volume 20) - Softcover

Murphy, Warren; Sapir, Richard

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9781944073404: Assassin's Playoff (The Destroyer) (Volume 20)

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ISBN 10: 194407340X ISBN 13: 9781944073404

Publisher: Destroyer Books, 2018

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A series of brutal suicide attacks by surprisingly skilled adversaries leave Remo nearly incapacitated. Meanwhile, Chiun is off visiting his beloved homeland. The Master of Sinanju has always been the protector of a small North Korean seaside village, and no one, from petty regional bureaucrats to premier Kim Il Sung, can change that. Of course, Chiun has trained two assassins in his lifetime — one of whom has proven an unceasing source trouble for the Master. Now, the prodigal has returned once again, to challenge Chiun for the title of Master. Can Remo defeat his arch-enemy and protect the future of Sinanju, or will his injuries doom him to a violent end?

ABOUT THE SERIES: Sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit, ex-cop Remo Williams is rescued from the electric chair and recruited by a secret government organization as an assassin, targeting criminals who are beyond the law. Remo's trainer is a curmudgeonly old Korean named Chiun, whose mastery of the terrifyingly powerful martial art of Sinanju makes him the deadliest man alive.

The winning combination of action, humor, and mysticism has made the Destroyer one of the best-selling series of all time. With more than 150 books and over 50 million copies sold worldwide, the Destroyer has been praised by the LA Times as "flights of hilarious satire," and gave birth to the mythology of the brash young Westerner taught by an ancient, inscrutable master.

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About the Author:

WARREN MURPHY (1933 – 2015) was born in Jersey City, where he worked in journalism and politics until launching the Destroyer series with Richard Sapir in 1971. A screenwriter (Lethal Weapon II, The Eiger Sanction) as well as a novelist, Murphy’s work won a dozen national awards, including multiple Edgars and Shamuses. He was a lecturer at many colleges and universities; lessons on writing are available at his website, WarrenMurphy.com. A Korean War veteran, some of Murphy’s many hobbies included golf, mathematics, opera, and investing. He served on the board of the Mystery Writers of America, and was a member of the Screenwriters Guild, the Private Eye Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, and the American Crime Writers League. He has five children: Deirdre, Megan, Brian, Ardath, and Devin.

RICHARD BEN SAPIR was a New York native who worked as an editor and in public relations before creating The Destroyer series with Warren Murphy. Before his untimely death in 1987, Sapir had also penned a number of thriller and historical mainstream novels, best known of which were The Far Arena, Quest, and The Body, the last of which was made recently into a film. The New York Times book review section called him “a brilliant professional.”

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