Market Force (Destroyer Series No. 127) [Paperback]

Warren Murphy (Author), Richard Sapir (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2002 | Series: Destroyer (Book 127)

STAY TUNED FOR MORE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

Somebody is using television as a mind control vehicle, sending subliminal messages to hollow-eyed viewers, and turning ordinary couch potatoes into raging mobs programmed to kill. A secret enemy dares to take over the world -- by controlling its greatest natural resource: the boob tube.

Worse, it's soon clear that whoever is behind the conspiracy knows about CURE and plans to preempt its mission to protect the world. Will Remo and Chiun kill each other . . . or just change the channel? Will Harold Smith discover his new assistant is a traitor . . . or just a victim of bad programming? Will the Destroyer be canceled by a certain network bigwig . . . or will the most fiendish plot ever to grip the airways become just another failure in the cutthroat world of big entertainment?

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gold Eagle; First Edition edition (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373632428
• ISBN-13: 978-0373632428
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,612,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jim Mullaney is the ghostwriter, author or co-author of 27 novels, including four books in the New Destroyer series. He has written for Marvel Comics, is co-author of The Destroyer series guide, The Assassin's Handbook 2, and has a short story, Beauty Is As Beauty Dies, in Moonstone's new Green Hornet Casefiles anthology. He is currently working on the second book in the Red Menace series, Drowning In Red Ink.

His latest work, One Horse Open Slay, is available now from Amazon.com

There is a Facebook page for Jim's previous book, Red Menace, at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Red-Menace/265941103430338

Jim's website is located at http://www.jamesmullaney.com/

He can be reached via email at [e-mail] and he is on Facebook as James Mullaney.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Good condition & Fast delivery, March 20, 2009

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G. Woodworth "shopper dude" (walla walla, wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Market Force (Destroyer Series No. 127) (Paperback)

Book came in pretty good condition and came on time. what more could you ask for. I love the destroyer series and they are an impossibility to find where I live.

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Gem By Jim Mullaney, December 25, 2003

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BARRABAS (PURGATORY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Market Force (Destroyer Series No. 127) (Paperback)

Market Force is another fantastic entry in the Destroyer series written by the awesomely talented Jim Mullaney.

While you certainly do not need to be a longtime fan of the series to appreciate this fast-paced, hilarious and totally engrossing novel, die-hard Destroyer fanatics will certainly appreciate the numerous nods to the series' glorious past. And, believe me, there is tons of great stuff for complete newcomers to appreciate here, as well, and the mention of past events will not confuse or derail this masterful tale in any way.

Friend is back and plotting to take over the world for maximum profit. Jeremiah Purcell, the assassin trained in Sinanju by none other than Chiun's wayward and corrupted nephew, has escaped from Folcroft Sanitarium, the secret headquarters of CURE. And a billionaire media mogul, unwittingly in the pocket of the computer program we all love to hate, is sending out subliminal messages in tv broadcasts that are driving ordinary people to murder.

Throughout, the interaction between Remo and Chiun is, as always, a hilarious delight. Mullaney skewers network television with a deft eye and the Survivor parody---a show called Winner set in Harlem rather than an exotic locale---is laugh-out-loud funny. Pleny of action and suspense keep you turning those pages between pauses to laugh your rear off. Market Force is another great installment in the greatest action/adventure/fantasy/sci-fi series of all time and Jim Mullaney...Damn, that man is simply one of the best writers working today, despite the fact that he is not (yet) a well-known name.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, January 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Market Force (Destroyer Series No. 127) (Paperback)

Jeremiah Purcell has escaped from Folcroft and Mark Howard is missing. Friend is back and has a way to turn Smitty, Remo, and Chiun against each other using the TV media and cryptosubliminal technology to hit their subconscious. All this while Remo tries to convince Chiun that he isn't trying to get rid of him.
This is a great book in the series. Jim Mullaney gets you going one way, yanks the rug out from under you, and throws you another way. He is also setting us up for what sure looks to be something huge.