Scorpion's Dance [Kindle Edition]

Warren Murphy (Author)

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Special Agent Mark Donovan had watched the politicians let Abu Beka and his "Army of God" terrorize the west for too long. The self-styled "holy warriors" struck when and where they wanted, taking hostages and killing with an almost mystical frenzy of hatred. Negotiations were pointless and attacks on their scatterred strongholds only wasted time.
Donovan knew the only way to crush the fanatics was to beat them at their own deadly game: to fight fire with fire until the smoke cleared in peace. Russia and the United States had no other recourse and joined forces in the greatest test of glasnost yet. Donovan and his Soviet counterpart, Anton Petrov, were given only one directive: stop Abu Beka. It was the first step in what would be a lethal... Scorpion's Dance.

Warren Murphy, the bestselling author of The Grandmaster, The Forever King, The Destroyer Series gives a little insight into the creation of this book in the special Introduction in the twentieth anniversary digital release of this prophetic work.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 518 KB
• Publisher: Ballybunnion Books (July 14, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003WMA8BY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,030 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Warren Murphy's first jobs in life were working on a pig farm, then as a movie usher, a sequin polisher, a public relations man for a brothel, a newspaper editor and a Democratic politician in Jersey City, New jersey.
"And then I went bad," he says, "and became a novelist."

That was back in the last century and now some 200 books and several threatened retirements later, he is still at it. And now he is moving full-bore into the world of electronic publishing. Murphy has collaborated with his sons in forming his own publishing company; Ballybunnion Books. The Ballybunnion banner was initially used for the release of special edition books on a limited basis. Now, having acquired the digital rights to the ever popular Destroyer series of adventure books. Murphy's Ballybunnion Books has taken on the arduous task of re-releasing the books digitally. Formatting errors from the previous releases are being corrected to give the readers what they deserve.

Murphy is probably best known for the Destroyer series, which he created with the late Dick Sapir, and which has produced 150 books with worldwide sales of over 50 million copies. The books also spurred a movie, "Remo Williams: The Adventure begins" --(a second movie is threatened to be in the works)-- and a TV pilot and more film and TV ripoffs than anyone could ever imagine.

But Murphy is no one trick pony. As St. james Guide to Mystery Writers said, "The breadth of Murphy's talent staggers the imagination. Comic detectives, caper novels, large suspense novels, sword and sorcery spy novels, and locked room mysteries, together with short stories, comic books, movies, and countless collaborations do not even begin to mark the parameters of his creative genius."

Some of the other work on Murphy's resume would include:
The Trace series of novels
The Digger Series of novels
The Razoni and Jackson series...
and... Leonardo's Law, Ceiling of Hell, Grandmaster and The Forever King (those last two written with Molly Cochran) and dozens of other works.

His books have won ten national awards including a pair of Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and a handful of nominations, including two Shamus winners from the Private Eye Writers of America.

In Hollywood, he has worked on The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood, on Lethal Weapon II, and his Trace series was the creative spark that led to the ABC TV series, Murphy's Law.

As St James Guide says, "Murphy is the professional's professional with work of consistently high quality" and Encyclopedia Mysteriosa called him "a mentor and teacher to a whole generation of crime and thriller writers."

He has served on the board of the Mystery Writers of America, and also has been a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, the American Crime Writers League, and the Screenwriters Guild.

Murphy is also a member of the Adams Roundtable, a New York writers' social group, among whose members are Mary Higgins Clark, Peter Straub, Susan Isaacs, Lawrence Block, Harlan Coben, Judith Kelman, Mickey Friedman, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Justin Scott, Stanley Cohen and Whitley Strieber, and who occasionally produce mystery anthologies.

Murphy, a New Jersey native, now lives in Virginia. He has five children, most of whom, he says "wash up pretty well."

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT JUST TERRIFIC, PROPHETIC, July 10, 2010

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Howard Glaeser III - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scorpion's Dance (Paperback)

Warren Murphy's not just a terrific writer, he's a prophet, as you can tell by reading his novel "Scorpion's Dance." It was published 20 years ago BUT with its devastating look at terrorism, it still reads as if it were ripped out of today's headlines. Exciting adventure with the author's trademark humor, this book will be liked by everybody....except those poor souls who prefer their novels with a large helping of political correctness and artificial sweetener.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it, July 7, 2010

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T. Engle "toni" (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scorpion's Dance (Paperback)

I bought the book when it came out in 1990 and liked it--but Murphy never writes a book I don't like--or hasn't yet and I've read them all since the early 70s--I love his wit and ironic view of the world and its inhabitants

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Great Read., July 10, 2010

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CJ Daly - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scorpion's Dance (Paperback)

I read this book a few years back and LOVED it. I was cruising through Amazon and came across it offered as collectible and was surprisd to see a bad review on it. It was exciting and felt like it had good insight into the terrorist mindset. I read it very quickly, on a vacation. And I'm a slow reader so that says a lot. Couldn't put it downas I recall. Don't hesitate to buy this one. It's great!