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Dragon Bones (Destroyer)

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I guess Somheil knew Gold Eagle had lost the contract to publish the Destroyer by the time he was writing this. He puts little effort into making this a Destroyer book. The main characters aren't there much. Most of the middle of the book is an long extended dinosaur chase.

It would be a sad end if it were the end. Fortunately, along with The New Destroyer, Tor is publishing The Best of the Destroyer. Readers who only know the Somheil Destroyers will be able to enjoy some of the earlier books when Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir were still writing them.

If you buy Destroyer to read about Remo and Chiun, then save your money. They barely appear in this book and when they do they are pale comparisons to the heroes some of us have read about for over 30 years. The author showed promise in some of his early books but when Gold Eagle lost the rights to continue publishing the book it seemed like the author lost complete interest in the books. Most of the book is about the bad guys and all their baggage. I don't buy these books for background info on soon to be dead characters. I buy them to read about Remo and Chiun. Thank goodness Tor publishing has taken over the publishing rights to The Destroyer and will be putting out the first edition of The New Destroyer, Guardian Angel, next May. They even have one of the creators of the series, Warren Murphy, as one of the writers of the new series. He will be co-writing with Jim Mullaney who was the ghost writer for some of the best Destroyer adventures in the series. Buy Dragon Bones to keep your collection complete if you must but there is no need to read it, it is awful. If you do read it, don't blame me for any sickness that comes later.

But the strings are showing; several parts of the books aren't edited; some are so blatantly a first draft that it shocks me. I really thought Tim would try to go out with a bang, but this is the dull thud of a mud puddle.
At least Warren Murphy and Jim Mullaney are taking over the series again to set things right with Tor Publishing next May.

This book has a few merits. It does advance several of the earlier Destroyer novels' plot lines. It does contain some humorous scenes. It is unfortunately marred by poor editing (frequent spelling errors, some sentences that are unfathomable). The novel's tone throughout is that of a hurried effort.

I can still recommend it to those who have followed the series from the beginning, but, it would not be a good introduction for a first time reader.

I don't know who the ghost writer is but the stories are getting dumber and dumber. Only for real fans of the series

I thought that this was a decent continuation of the series but it seemed to me that the author spent too much time letting the villan get away form the main characters than he deserved

I can not explain what I like about this series. I have been reading it since 1977. I have every copy. The adventure of the characters and the interaction between them is done very well. The humor the author(s) put into his work is great. This is number 145 and I hope it will continue.
The four words that start Chapter two in every book except one are, "His name was Remo." This is easy reading with adventure and current events tied in over the years. These are all fiction but a few have really be far fetched. Get a good and see if you like this type of writing.

After seeing some promise but inconsistency from Tim's Destroyer books, I was hesitant to pick up the last Gold Eagle Destroyer novel. Fortuneately some of the guys in the aggressor_series group at yahoo suggested getting this one.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters were well-written and the plot was interesting and moved rapidly. Even the dialogue and interaction was in character this time out.

Anyone who is a fan of the series (especially the older books) should pick this up. I seriously believe you'll love it.

Very good, typical story and good use of Sinanju history. I wish listings of this series titles included the number of the book. I have bought one I already had three times.