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The Destroyer is a series of paperback novels about a U.S. government operative named Remo Williams, originally by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir.The first novel was published in 1971, although the manuscript was completed on June 25, 1963. [1]
But Sapir's father was a dentist, and one of his patients was a secretary at Pinnacle Books, which agreed to show the manuscript to a Pinnacle editor. [7] The novel was eventually published in June 1971, spawning a highly successful adventure series with over 30 million copies in print by the late 1990s.
Ralphie Parker was loosely based upon Shepherd's childhood. For the rest of his life, Shepherd was the first-person narrator for all productions involving the character. Shepherd publicly claimed that all of his work was entirely fictional, but the names of his own friends and family are in his books. [8]
Karrin Murphy is a major character who was introduced in the first book of the series, Storm Front. She is a Chicago police detective, initially holding the rank of lieutenant and in command of the Special Investigations (SI) division, which handles cases in which something unexplainable or supernatural is involved.
Shepherd urged his listeners to enter bookstores and ask for a non-existent book. He fabricated the author (Frederick R. Ewing) of this imaginary novel, concocted a title ( I, Libertine ), and outlined a basic plot for his listeners to use on bookstore clerks.
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The Vicar of Christ is a bestselling [1] 1979 novel by Walter F. Murphy. The novel tells the life story of the fictional Declan Walsh, who at various stages of his life is a Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the Korean War , Chief Justice of the United States , and finally Pope Francis I (Latin: Franciscus Primus).