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Murder's Shield (The Destroyer) (Volume 9)
Murder's Shield - The Destroyer - Volume 9 Author:Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir ANOTHER CURE? — Because of bureaucratic red tape, political pressure, and legal loopholes, there are many criminals the police are unable to arrest. Out of frustration, they have formed a small, secret army. This clandestine police force, with the aid of a nationwide computer hookup, is methodically killing those people the law can't reach. It's ... more »scaring the hell out of the underworld. And everyone else, right up to the White House!
CURE is called in to eliminate this group before it becomes too powerful, but almost immediately there are problems. Psychological problems.
Because Remo Williams, CURE's superweapon, is a former cop. He doesn't like his assignment ? he refuses to kill cops. Especially cops doing the same thing he does?in almost the same way.
So it seems to be up to Chiun, Remo's mentor and companion. Can he make the Destroyer destroy the cops? Will the killer cops and Remo kill each other? Or will Chiun have to do it himself?
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.« less