This is narrated primarily in the first person, from Chiun's perspective. In 1985, a revision of The Assassin's Handbook was published as Inside Sinanju, a companion book to the series. It has also emerged that Remo is the Avatar of Shiva, as prophesied in the legends of Sinanju. Remo's trainer and father-figure is Chiun, a deadly assassin and the last Master of Sinanju. Smith was a former law instructor at Yale and served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Smith, a man selected by the President not only for his brilliant mind but also because of his integrity.
His death is faked by the government so he can be trained as an assassin for CURE, a secret organization set up by President Kennedy to defend the country by working outside the law. The series' hero is Remo Williams, a Newark cop framed for a crime and sentenced to death. Carter with Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir". #151 and #152 show a writing credit of "Warren Murphy with R.J.
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In 2017 Gene Donovan Press began publishing new books in the series (starting with Bully Pulpit) written by author R.J. Murphy is also reissuing many of the older titles in print format. In 2011 the rights to most of The Destroyer novels reverted to Warren Murphy.
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Ballybunion, now known as Destroyer Books, has reprinted The Assassin's Handbook, as well as the original works Destroyer World: The Assassin's Handbook II, Destroyer World: The Movie That Never Was (a screenplay he and Richard Sapir wrote for a Destroyer movie that was never optioned), The Way of the Assassin (the wisdom of Chiun), and New Blood, a collection of short stories written by fans of the series. In 2002 Murphy started his own publishing house, Ballybunion, as a vehicle for Destroyer spin-off books. The second new novel, Choke Hold, was published October 31, followed by Dead Reckoning in April 2008 and Killer Ratings on July 28 of that year. The first Tor novel, The New Destroyer: Guardian Angel, was published in May 2007, accompanied by a re-release of three older novels collected as The Best of the Destroyer. Somheil was replaced by Mullaney, who co-wrote the new novels with Warren Murphy. On July 11, 2006, it was announced that The Destroyer would be moving to Tor Books.
The last Gold Eagle Publishing book, Dragon Bones, was released in October 2006. Marvel Comics writer Doug Murray (comics) wrote two related novels in the series, both involving the Destroyer's battle with a werewolf. Tim Somheil was ghostwriter from #134 through #145. Jim Mullaney took over for novels #111-#131, followed by two more by Newton. When Murray left after novel #107, three novels were written by interim ghostwriters (#108 & #110 by Mike Newton #109 by Alan Philipson). After Sapir's death, Murray continued the series until the late 1990s. In the late 1980s, Will Murray took over the sole responsibility of writing the series, having written several previous books with either Murphy or Sapir.
In the mid-1980s, Sapir returned to participating in the series. In the early 1980s, Murphy began using ghostwriters to help with the series, among them his wife Molly Cochran. In the late 1970s, the relationship between the two became tense, and Sapir withdrew. The series was initially co-authored by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, with each writing a portion of each book separately.
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