4/5/22

Eleventh in the Destroyer series. This one was a bit of an odd one. The existence of CURE, the agency which employs Remo and Chiun, has been discovered by corrupt city officials in Miami and they have provded this information to the media, who broadcast it widely as evidence of yet another government scandal. The implication is that this is yet another scandal an embattled Nixon must deal with post-Watergate. Remo and Chiun are on their own because Dr. Smith is under too much public scrutiny and they alone can save CURE. They travel to Miami and simultaneously try to find out who is behind the whole operation while organizing a mayoral campaign. Yeah, a bit convoluted and I'm not sure it makes a great deal of sense.

As it turns out, the whole thing is a plot by a retiring Russian assassin who is looking to take over the city of Miami. The exposure of CURE is more or less incidental to him ensuring that the mayoral candidate he backs gets reelected.

All in all, this one is OK, but not great. It has some funny moments but it breaks the Destroyer formula and I'm not so sure that it does so successfully.

Review copyright 2008 J. Andrew Byers ( )