The encyclopedia
The World of The Destroyer
A secret organization. A Korean village. A Master and his unlikely pupil. Meet the people, places and traditions of the series, then follow them through the books.
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The leads
At the heart of the series
Begin with the people and the organization around which the novels revolve.
Remo Williams
Remo 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.Read the article
Chiun
Chiun 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.Read the article
Harold W. Smith
Harold 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.Read the article
CURE
CURE is a clandestine American organization in The Destroyer series, created to defend the United States and its constitutional government through investigations and interventions outside ordinary legal limits. Harold W. Smith directs it from Folcroft Sanatorium for much of the series.Read the articleThe Sun Source
The world of Sinanju
The village, the hereditary House and the discipline share a name. Each has its own history.
In The Destroyer novels, the House of Sinanju is the hereditary institution of masters who preserve Sinanju, an ancient Korean martial discipline, and support the fishing village from which it takes its name.
FeatureThe Masters of SinanjuLegends, lineages and 73 named entries from the House’s long memory, from the first Masters to Chiun and Remo.Open the historyFamily and allies
Follow the lives that intersect with Remo, Chiun and their work.
Recurring adversaries
Opponents whose stories return across the series. Full accounts reveal later-book developments.
Places and institutions
From CURE’s headquarters to the communities woven into Sinanju’s history.
More from the encyclopedia
Supporting players, one-book villains and the people around CURE, each with a full article.
- Conn MacCleary16 books
- James Orayo Fielding1 book
- Tochala Delit1 book
- Mah-Li6 books
- Maude Smith19 books
- Mrs. Mikulka22 books
- Don Cooder7 books
- Sam Beasley4 books
- Lord Guy Philliston5 books
- Miss Purvish3 books
- Benson Dilkes3 books
- Lee Enright Leahy3 books
- Lucius Jackson Gonzalez3 books
- Anna Chutesov6 books
- Cheeta Ching11 books
- Rad Rex11 books
- Judith White2 books
- Rair Brashnikov3 books
- Dr. Mordaunt Gregorian3 books
- Pietro Scubisci3 books
- Kimberly Baynes3 books
- Bruce Marmelstein3 books
- Hank Bindle3 books
- Anwar Anwar-Sadat3 books
- Kula4 books
- Boldbator Khan4 books
- Sonmi3 books
- Pullyang4 books
The voices of the series
Phrases & sayings
Remo’s catchphrases, Chiun’s insults and the Shiva challenge—with the books where we’ve found them.
The A–Z index
7,065 names from the books
Every character, place, organization and group the reading guides record, from one-scene walk-ons to Folcroft itself.
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