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Born in 1936, New York native Richard Ben Sapir is best known for The Destroyer series of novels that he co-created with Warren Murphy. The first Destroyer was written in 1963, while Sapir worked as a city hall reporter in Jersey City, New Jersey and Murphy served as secretary to the city's mayor. Ahead of its time with a plot centered upon a brash young westerner trained in the martial arts by a master assassin from North Korea, the book went unpublished until June 1971 but eventually spawned a highly successful adventure series with over 30 million copies in print by the late 1990s.

Before arriving on the illustrious shores of Sinanju, Sapir worked as an editor and in public relations. In addition to The Destroyer series, Sapir wrote five novels: Bressio (1975), The Far Arena (1978), The Body (1983), Spies (1984), and Quest (1987), a modern day search for the Holy Grail. The Body, which was made into a movie in 2001, is about a Jewish Archaeologist who finds a skeleton underneath an Arab shopkeeper's basement that might be the body of Jesus and the American Jesuit priest who is sent by the Vatican to investigate.

Richard Sapir was a graduate of Columbia University and lived with his wife in New Hampshire before he died in 1987 from a heart attack.

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Total Books: 354
Trial By Fire
2021 - Trial By Fire [The Destroyer] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781955850322
ISBN-10: 1955850321
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Blood Brotherhood
2021 - Blood Brotherhood [The Destroyer] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781955850315
ISBN-10: 1955850313
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Rain of Terror
2021 - Rain of Terror [Destroyer, Bk 75] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781955850056
ISBN-10: 1955850054
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Created The Destroyer
2018 - Created the Destroyer [Volume 1] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073213
ISBN-10: 1944073213
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Death Check
2018 - Death Check [The Destroyer - Volume 2] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073220
ISBN-10: 1944073221
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Chinese Puzzle
2018 - Chinese Puzzle [The Destroyer - Volume 3] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073237
ISBN-10: 194407323X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Mafia Fix
2018 - Mafia Fix [The Destroyer - Volume 4] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073244
ISBN-10: 1944073248
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Dr Quake
2018 - Dr Quake [The Destroyer - Volume 5] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073251
ISBN-10: 1944073256
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Death Therapy
2018 - Death Therapy [The Destroyer - Volume 6] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073268
ISBN-10: 1944073264
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Union Bust
2018 - Union Bust [The Destroyer - Volume 7] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073275
ISBN-10: 1944073272
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Summit Chase
2018 - Summit Chase [The Destroyer - Volume 8] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073282
ISBN-10: 1944073280
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Murder's Shield
2018 - Murder's Shield [The Destroyer - Volume 9] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073299
ISBN-10: 1944073299
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Terror Squad
2018 - Terror Squad [The Destroyer - Volume 10] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781944073305
ISBN-10: 1944073302
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Kill Or Cure
2018 - Kill or Cure [The Destroyer - Volume 10] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073312
ISBN-10: 1944073310
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Slave Safari
2018 - Slave Safari [The Destroyer - Volume 12] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073329
ISBN-10: 1944073329
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Acid Rock
2018 - Acid Rock [The Destroyer - Volume 13] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073336
ISBN-10: 1944073337
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Judgment Day
2018 - Judgment Day [The Destroyer - Volume 14] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073343
ISBN-10: 1944073345
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Murder Ward
2018 - Murder Ward [The Destroyer - Volume 15] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073350
ISBN-10: 1944073353
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Oil Slick
2018 - Oil Slick [The Destroyer - Volume 16] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073367
ISBN-10: 1944073361
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Last War Dance
2018 - Last War Dance [The Destroyer - Volume 17] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073374
ISBN-10: 194407337X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Deadly Seeds
2018 - Deadly Seeds [The Destroyer - Volume 21] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781944073411
ISBN-10: 1944073418
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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2018 - Brain Drain [The Destroyer - Volume 22] (Paperback)
2018 - Child's Play [The Destroyer - Volume 23] (Paperback)
2018 - King's Curse [The Destroyer - Volume 24] (Paperback)
2018 - Sweet Dreams [The Destroyer - Volume 25] (Paperback)
2018 - In Enemy Hands [The Destroyer - Volume 26] (Paperback)
2018 - The Last Temple [The Destroyer - Volume 27] (Paperback)
2018 - Ship of Death [The Destroyer - Volume 28] (Paperback)
2018 - The Final Death [The Destroyer - Volume 29] (Paperback)
2018 - Mugger Blood [The Destroyer - Volume 30] (Paperback)
2018 - Funny Money [The Destroyer - Volume 18] (Paperback)
2018 - Holy Terror [The Destroyer - Volume 19] (Paperback)
2018 - Assassin's Playoff [The Destroyer - Volume 20] (Paperback)
2015 - The Day Remo Died [The Destroyer] (Paperback)
2008 - Profit Motive [The Destroyer #48] (Paperback)
2008 - Bay City Blast [The Destroyer #38] (Paperback)
2008 - Bottom Line [The Destroyer #37] (Paperback)
2008 - Missing Link [The Destroyer #39] (Paperback)
2008 - Firing Line [The Destroyer #41] (Paperback)
2008 - Timber Line [The Destroyer #42] (Paperback)
2008 - Midnight Man [The Destroyer #43] (Paperback)
2008 - Balance of Power [The Destroyer #44] (Paperback)
2008 - Spoils of War [The Destroyer #45] (Paperback)
2008 - Next of Kin [The Destroyer #46] (Paperback)
2008 - Dying Space [The Destroyer #47] (Paperback)
2008 - Skin Deep [The Destroyer #49] (Paperback)
2008 - Killing Time [The Destroyer #50] (Paperback)
2008 - Dangerous Games [The Destroyer #40] (Paperback)
2008 - Voodoo Die [The Destroyer #33] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - The Head Men [The Destroyer #31] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - Killer Chromosomes [The Destroyer #32] (Paperback)
2008 - Chained Reaction [The Destroyer #34] (Paperback)
2008 - Last Call [The Destroyer #35] (Paperback)
2008 - Power Play [The Destroyer #36] (Paperback)
2007 - The Destroyer 102 Unite and Conquer [Graphic Audio: the Destroyer] (Audio CD)
2006 - Dragon Bones [Destroyer, Bk 145] (Paperback)
2006 - Holy Mother [Destroyer, Bk 144] (Paperback)
2006 - Bad Dog [Destroyer, Bk 143] (Paperback)
2006 - Mindblower [Destroyer, Bk 142] (Paperback)
2005 - Frightening Strikes [Destroyer, Bk 141] (Paperback)
2005 - Dark Ages [Destroyer, Bk 140] (Paperback)
2005 - Dream Thing [Destroyer, Bk 139] (Paperback)
2005 - No Contest [Destroyer, Bk 138] (Paperback)
2004 - Industrial Evolution [Reprise of the Machines, Bk 2 - Destroyer, Bk 137] (Paperback)
2004 - Unpopular Science [Reprise of the Machines, Bk 1 - Destroyer, Bk 136] (Paperback)
2004 - Political Pressure [Destroyer, Bk 135] (Paperback)
2004 - Bloody Tourists [Destroyer, Bk 134] (Paperback)
2003 - Wolf's Bane [Destroyer, Bk 132] (Paperback)
2003 - Unnatural Selection [Destroyer, Bk 131] (Paperback)
2003 - Waste Not Want Not [Destroyer, Bk 130] (Paperback)
2002 - Father to Son [Master's Line, Bk 2 - Destroyer, Bk 129] (Paperback)
2002 - The End of the Beginning [Master's Line, Bk 1 - Destroyer, Bk 128] (Paperback)
2002 - Market Force [Destroyer, Bk 127] (Paperback)
2002 - Air Raid [Destroyer, Bk 126] (Paperback)
2001 - The Wrong Stuff [Destroyer, Bk 125] (Paperback)
2001 - By Eminent Domain [Rusted Curtain, Bk 2 - Destroyer, Bk 124] (Paperback)
2001 - Fade to Black [Destoyer, Bk 119 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
2001 - Disloyal Opposition [Rusted Curtain, Bk 1 - Destroyer, Bk 123] (Paperback)
2001 - The Final Reel [Destroyer, Bk 116 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
2001 - Syndication Rites [Destroyer, Bk 122] (Paperback)
2001 - The Empire Dreams [Destroyer, Bk 113 - Fatherland Files, Bk 2 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Brain Storm [Destroyer, Bk 112 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Pound of Prevention [Destroyer, Bk 121] (Paperback)
2000 - American Obsession [Destroyer, Bk 109 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Bamboo Dragon [Destroyer, Bk 108 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - The Last Monarch [Destroyer, Bk 120] (Paperback)
2000 - Feast or Famine [Destroyer, Bk 107] (Audio Cassette)Paperback
2000 - The Destroyer Scorched Earth [The Destroyer, 105] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Destroyer [Collectors] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Fade to Black [Destroyer, Bk 119] (Paperback)
2000 - Angry White Mailmen [Destroyer, Bk 104 - Audio Cassette - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Killer Watts [Destroyer, Bk 118] (Paperback)
1999 - Last Rites [Destroyer, 100] (Audio Cassette)
1999 - Deadly Genes [Destroyer, Bk 117] (Paperback)
1999 - Misfortune Teller [Destroyer, Bk 115] (Paperback)
1999 - Failing Marks [Fatherland Trilogy, Bk 3 - Destroyer, Bk 114] (Paperback)
1999 - Identity Crisis [Destroyer #97 - Abridged Audio Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
1998 - Prophet of Doom [Destroyer, Bk 111] (Paperback)
1998 - Never Say Die [Destroyer, Bk 110] (Paperback)
1997 - White Water [Destroyer, Bk 106] (Paperback)
1996 - Scorched Earth [Destroyer, Bk 105] (Paperback)
1996 - Engines of Destruction [Destroyer, Bk 103] (Paperback)
1996 - Unite and Conquer [Destroyer, Bk 102] (Paperback)
1995 - Bidding War [Destroyer, Bk 101] (Paperback)
1995 - Last Rites [Destroyer, Bk 100] (Paperback)
1995 - Color of Fear [Destroyer, Bk 99] (Paperback)
1995 - Target of Opportunity [Destroyer, Bk 98] (Paperback)
1994 - Identity Crisis [Destroyer, Bk 97] (Paperback)
1994 - Infernal Revenue [Destroyer, Bk 96] (Paperback)
1994 - High Priestess [Destroyer, Bk 95] (Paperback)
1993 - Terminal Transmission [Destroyer, Bk 93] (Paperback)
1993 - The Last Dragon [The Destroyer, No 92] (Paperback)
1992 - Ghost in the Machine [The Destroyer #90] (Paperback)
1992 - Dark Horse [Destroyer, No. 89] (Paperback)
1992 - The Ultimate Death [Destroyer, No. 88] (Paperback)
1992 - Mob Psychology [The Destroyer, No 87] (Paperback)
1992 - The Destroyer [Marvel Comics] (Paperback)
1991 - Arabian Nightmare [Destroyer, No 86] (Paperback)
1991 - Blood Lust [Destroyer, No 85] (Paperback)
1991 - Ground Zero [The Destroyer, No 84] (Paperback)
1991 - Skull Duggery [Destroyer, No 83] (Paperback)
1990 - Survival Course [Destroyer, No 82] (Paperback)
1990 - Hostile Takeover [Destroyer, No 81] (Paperback)
1990 - Death Sentence [Destroyer, Bk 80] (Paperback)
1990 - Head Men [Destroyer, No 31] (Paperback)
1990 - Shooting Schedule [Destroyer, No 79] (Paperback)
1989 - Blue Smoke and Mirrors [Destroyer, No 78] (Paperback)
1989 - Coin of the Realm [Destroyer, No 77] (Paperback)
1989 - Rain of Terror [Destroyer, Bk 75] (Paperback)Paperback
1988 - Walking Wounded [Destroyer, No 74] (Paperback)
1988 - Line of Succession [Destroyer, No 73] (Paperback)
1988 - Sole Survivor [Destroyer, No 72] (Paperback)
1988 - Quest (Paperback)
1987 - The Eleventh Hour [Destroyer, No 70] (Paperback)
1987 - Blood Ties [The Destroyer #69] (Paperback)
1987 - An Old Fashioned War [Destroyer, No 68] (Paperback)
1987 - Look Into My Eyes [Destroyer, No 67] (Paperback)
1986 - Lost Yesterday [Destroyer, No. 65] (Paperback)
1986 - The Last Alchemist [Destroyer, Bk 64] (Paperback)
1985 - Spies (Paperback)
1985 - The Seventh Stone [Destroyer, Bk 62] (Paperback)
1985 - The Body [A Star book] (Paperback)
1985 - End of the Game [Destroyer, No 60] (Paperback)
1985 - Lords of the Earth [Destroyer, Bk 61] (Paperback)
1984 - The Arms of Kali [Destroyer #59] (Paperback)
1984 - Arms of Kali [Destroyer Series No. 59] (Paperback)
1984 - Master's Challenge [Destroyer Series, No. 55] (Paperback)
1983 - Fool's Gold [Destroyer Series, Bk 52] (Paperback)
1978 - Voodoo Die [The Destroyer, #33] (Paperback)Paperback
1978 - Last Call [Destroyer] (Paperback)
1974 - Destroyermafia Fix [A Corgi original] (Paperback)
1974 - Judgment Day [Destroyer, Bk 14] (Paperback)Paperback
1972 - Death Therapy [Destroyer, Bk 6] (Paperback)
Troubled Waters [Destroyer, Bk 133] (Paperback)
Return Engagement [Destroyer, No 71] (Paperback)
The Final Crusade [Destroyer, No 76] (Paperback)
Assassins Playoff [Destroyer, No 20] (Paperback)
Deadly Seeds [Destroyer, Bk 21] (Paperback)Paperback
The Destroyer Box Set [1. Created, the Destroyer; 2. Death Check; 3. Chinese Puzzle; 4. Mafia Fix; 5. Dr. Quake] (Paperback)
Judgement Day [Destroyer, Bk 14] (Paperback)
Assassin's Play Off [Destroyer, Bk 20] (Paperback)Paperback