Choke Hold

by James Mullaney and Warren Murphy

Book Overview

Pity poor tobacco tycoon Edgar Rawly.? Thanks to lawsuits, government meddling and the inexplicable deaths of many of his best customers,?his megabucks industry is gasping its last breath.? That is, until?the introduction of the Cheyenne Smooths, Rawly's latest product.? Not quite tobacco, not quite legal,?more addictive than crystal meth.? Suddenly customers are once more beating a path to his door.? That's when the bodies start piling up.? Seems...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765357607
• ISBN13: 9780765357601
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Destroyer choke hold

Very enjoyable return to the older style. However unlike some I have enjoyed all and have every one in my collection, which my son and I share. we have complained about the loss of continuity but now that Chium is watching the wing again we are good. Keep them coming.

Remo & Chiun return

I was naive enough to think that Warren Murphy was writing the Destroyer series all by himself after Mr. Richard B. Sapir passed on. Indeed, the internet reveals much, perhaps too much, who really needs to know how the internet works, it just does. Herein is where I learned that James Mullaney was but one of many ghost writers penning the Destroyer series, which cleared up my confusion as to why some books seemed "off". It needs to be stated that James Mullaney was not part of the confusion. Please, no calamari jokes. "Choke Hold", with ardent fans usually leave off "The New Destroyer", are rejoicing that Murphy & Mullaney have steered the Destroyer franchise back to it's satirical social commentary of the early novels. It's a breath of fresh air when authors look at society full in the face and write about current issues. Latter novels would have new readers believe that Remo & Chiun were nigh invincible, not so for The New Destroyer House of Sinanju Assassins. It is also refreshing to find oneself literally laughing out loud with what these two scribblers, M & M, have said. Truth, justice and the Sinanju way indeed.

Back to the future

Choke Hold (The New Destroyer) Much more like the original Destroyer books. The satire is back. Fun read.

CREATING A MORE PERFECT DESTROYER!

Choke Hold is a perfect book. Period. This book has everything a first-time reader or longtime fan of The Destroyer series could possibly want. Cool villains, a sexy heroine, amazing hardcore action, funny social commentary, and (most important) Remo and Chiun, the world's coolest assassins, hitting their stride as they take down the bad guys . . . and girls . . . with no mercy. Yes, our illustrious defenders of the free world, Remo, Chiun and Smith, are all at it again (and on each other's nerves) with this newest most-awesome installment, which lampoons the wonderful world of Big Tobacco. Laden with thrilling twists and turns, this book is impossible to put down once you start reading. I once thought that all the best Destroyers were written in the 1970s with Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy. I no longer think that. This book, as was the previous New Destroyer: Guardian Angel, is an instant classic. This fan is frankly amazed that here we are in 2007 . . . 36 years, 40 million in sales, and nearly 150 books after the first Destroyer hit paperback stands across this country . . . and we are still getting classic Destroyers that carve new territory in action, suspense, politics, satire and humor. This has to do with the writers: Warren Murphy and James Mullaney. Murphy, who co-created the series in 1971, is back in rare form, and co-author Mullaney, a Destroyer veteran of many adventures, knows all to well how to craft an authentic Destroyer. The New Destroyer is NOT dumb, two-dimensional, shoot-em-up male action adventure for 12-year-olds. A Destroyer novel is much more intelligent and requires a unique blend of intrigue, satire, politics, social commentary, martial arts, and good old fashioned go-for-the-jugular hardcore action. Choke Hold delivers on all fronts! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!