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The two-minute briefing

Meet The Destroyer

The Destroyer follows Remo Williams, a former Newark police officer recruited by CURE, a secret U.S. organization that sends him on missions. His partner and teacher is Chiun, a Korean master of Sinanju.

Start with Book 1 Meet the leads
Numbered novels
155
Published
1971–2021
Created by
Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir
Reading guides
133 books

The leads

The three people at the heart of it.

CharacterRemo WilliamsRemo Williams is the protagonist of The Destroyer, a series of action novels. A former Newark, New Jersey, police officer, he is recruited as an assassin for CURE, a secret American organization that protects the country through operations outside ordinary legal limits.Named in 133 guided booksCharacterChiunChiun is a Korean master of Sinanju, an inherited martial discipline associated with a fishing village in what is now North Korea. In the Destroyer novels, he trains Remo Williams, a CURE operative.Named in 133 guided booksCharacterHarold W. SmithHarold W. Smith is the director of CURE, a clandestine American organization in The Destroyer novels. He runs its operations from Folcroft Sanatorium and directs its field team, including Remo Williams, an assassin recruited to act for the agency.Named in 133 guided books
Book 1: Created, the Destroyer

Where to begin

Book 1: Created, the Destroyer

1971 · Book 1 of 155

Start with book one, Created, The Destroyer, then follow the numbered books in order. To explore the people, places and traditions around the series, visit The World.

Every book page links to the one before and after it, so you can keep going straight to Book 2, Death Check.

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Reading order

How the books fit together.

  1. 155 novelsThe DestroyerThe numbered series, from 1971 to 2021. Read these in order.
  2. 4 novelsThe New DestroyerBooks 146–149 of the main series, also numbered 1–4 as The New Destroyer.
  3. 8 novelsLegacyA spin-off series with its own reading order.
  4. 14 booksCompanionsHandbooks, novellas, anthologies and a graphic novel.