Created, The Destroyer (The Destroyer, Volume 1) [Unabridged] [Paperback]

Warren Murphy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1980

The first volume of the Remo Williams saga.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books; 13th printing, December 1980 edition (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0523412169
• ISBN-13: 978-0523412160
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,681,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remo Williams is The Destroyer! Great series...., January 23, 1999

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[e-mail] (Sulphur, Louisiana.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Created, the Destroyer (Mass Market Paperback)

The Destroyer is a series of books ( over 130 ) total. Why so many? Because Destroyer Fans can't get enough. Well written, highly ingenuitive, The Destroyer is the type of series and ideas everyone wishes they had come up with. You will be entrapped by the humor and intrigue of Remo Williams and his side-kick, Chiun, the Master of Sinanju, who would kill me for calling him Remo's sidekick. These two will crack you up, and keep you on your toes as they do the United State's dirty work at home and abroad, as the enforcement arm of the secret agency that keeps America free. Do yourself a favor, join us Destroyer Fans, I think you'll be glad you did. One hint, start with Volume 1. It is titled, Created:The Destroyer.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE BEGINNING OF A LEGEND, February 16, 2005

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Created, the Destroyer (Destroyer, 1) (Paperback)

I will agree with the other reviewers that the first two books in the DEstroyer series almost do not even count and the series would really not find its way and unique style until the third book in the series. Still...this is the beginning as we learn how the NJ cop Remo Williams gets the chair for murder and is then resuscitated and recruited by a super secret agency Known as CURE. Remo is trained in the deadly Korean martial art known as Sinanju by Chiun, master assasin, and uses his new skills to battle evil under the guidance of CURE's director, Smith.

The first book really doesn't develop any of the characters with the personalities that they would come to have once the series took off but it is still notable as THE first and as such deserves a place of honor. It's rather slow moving but historical still.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Actually, start with #3 in the series first., December 29, 2003

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Christopher Wanko "-C" (Nutley, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Created, the Destroyer (Destroyer, 1) (Paperback)

This novel was Sapir and Murphy's first stab at fiction, and it shows in the roughness of the character development. However, they had a wealth of good ideas to mine, and the writing skills were definitely in evidence. This, and #2, are the ones you should read after about ten others, if you have the time and patience to collect and read them serially.

Overall, essential for a collector and a decent read, but the series doesn't really get rolling until #3.