With a Soviet squeeze and a U.S. surrender, Remo and Chiun were on a countdown to destruction.
Things weren't exactly looking bright for Remo and Chiun. Not to mention for the entire world. From an evil inferno the ancient almighty god of destruction had risen to possess the Destroyer's body and soul. Meanwhile Remo's Oriental master, Chiun had been betrayed by the U.S. President himself, and was now a weapon of the U.S.S.R. Smith, their unflappable superior in C.U.R.E., planned to take the easy way out-commit suicide. But for Remo and Chiun, the solution wasn't going to be quite so simple and not nearly as painless..
This is another "key" book. So much happens to poor Remo and Chiun - it's enough to fill a few books. Let's see...
The Soviets find out all about CURE and blackmail the president into turning over Chiun.
Remo is tricked by Chiun into visiting Sinanju (Remo believes Chiun near death.)
Remo falls in love with an outcast Sinanju villager.
We hear the history of the missing Master of Sinanju, and get our first true hint that Remo may actually BE from Sinanju, as a descendent of the missing master...
Poor Master Nonga, very old and of poor sight, was finally born a son be his much younger wife. Unknown to him, she actually had twins. The master named the only son he knew of Kojing, while the wife named the secret twin Kojong.
Both sons are taught Sinanju by switching places on alternate days, and teaching each other what was learned that day. When Kojing finally attains Masterhood, Kojing vows to never teach his descendants the killing arts of Sinanju, and leaves the village, never to be seen again.
We learn the fate of Kojong in Destroyer 100.
What else could happen? Remo attains the next step in masterhood, and we discover that there are three faces to Shiva - and the one that rears its head in this adventure does NOT like Chiun, and has never seen Chiun before. Bad tidings for the house...
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