Dr Quake - The Destroyer - Volume 5 Author:Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir WHOSE FAULT? — It isn't going to be Remo Williams' ? no matter what Dr. Quake or Mother Nature have in store! — Out in California, there's a crack of the earth's skin known as the San Andreas Fault. Every once in a while this crack lets loose with a phenomenon we call an earthquake ? and about twice every hundred years it is a giant earth-shaker, ... more »causing millions of dollars in damage and great loss of life.
But that's Mother Nature!
Enter one geological genius named Forben. He's called "Dr. Quake." Seems he's developed an incredible machine capable of minimizing or stopping tremors and quakes! Unfortunately, he can also use his device to start earthquakes ? that is, unless he's paid a fortune in ransom money.
Another of Mother Nature's gifts, Remo Williams, is assigned to see to it that the latter doesn't occur.
It's the quake-makers vs. the Destroyer ? an Earth-shattering meeting of force.
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