Balance of Power
Barney Daniels was one of the best agents the CIA ever had. There was no problem too large, no mystery too complex, no interrogation subject too taciturn. Daniels cracked them all. But years in the Company take a toll on a man. He cracked too, and in the middle of a tiny Central American village, Barney Daniels called an international press conference, making the covert overt and openly admitting the CIA’s clandestine involvement in the overthrow of Hispania’s regime. An embarrassment to America and a liability to the CIA, the Destroyer is tasked with ensuring Daniels’ silence. It’s a job that rubs Remo the wrong way—so much so that it may be his last. ABOUT THE SERIES: Sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, ex-cop Remo Williams is rescued from the electric chair and recruited by a secret government organization as an assassin, targeting criminals who are beyond the law. Remo’s trainer is a curmudgeonly old Korean named Chiun, whose mastery of the terrifyingly powerful martial art of Sinanju makes him the deadliest man alive. The winning combination of action, humor, and mysticism has made the Destroyer one of the best-selling series of all time. With more than 150 books and over 50 million copies sold worldwide, the Destroyer has been praised by the LA Times as “flights of hilarious satire,” and gave birth to the mythology of the brash young Westerner taught by an ancient, inscrutable master.