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Publication Order of Nick Carter: Killmaster Books

Run, Spy, Run(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
The China Doll(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
Checkmate in Rio(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
Safari for Spies(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fraulein Spy(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
Saigon(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Bullet for Fidel(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon
The 13th Spy(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon
Eyes of the Tiger(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon
Istanbul(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon
Web of Spies(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spy Castle(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Terrible Ones(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Flame(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hanoi(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Danger Key(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Starvation(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mind Poisoners(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Weapon Of Night(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Golden Serpent(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mission to Venice(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Double Identity(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Devil's Cockpit(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Chinese Paymaster(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Seven Against Greece(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Korean Tiger(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Assignment Israel(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Red Guard(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
The filthy five(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Bright Blue Death(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
Macao(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Moon Rocket(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Judas Spy(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hood of Death(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
Amsterdam(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
Temple of Fear(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fourteen Seconds to Hell(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Defector(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Carnival for Killing(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rhodesia(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Red Rays(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Peking: The Tulip affair(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Amazon(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Sea Trap(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Berlin(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cobra Kill(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Human Time Bomb(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Living Death(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Che Guevara(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Doomsday Formula(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Snake(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Casbah Killers(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Red Rebellion(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Executioners(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Death(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mind Killers(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Time Clock of Death(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cambodia(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Death Strain(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Jewel of Doom(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Moscow(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Arab Plague / Slavemaster(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ice Bomb Zero(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mark of Cosa Nostra(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cairo Mafia / Cairo(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon
Inca Death Squad(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Assault on England(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Omega Terror(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Code Name: Werewolf(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Strike Force Terror(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Agent Counter-agent(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hour of the Wolf(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Our Agent in Rome Is Missing(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kremlin File(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spanish Connection(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Death's Head Conspiracy(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Peking Dossier(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon
Target: Doomsday Island(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Night of the Avenger(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Butcher of Belgrade(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Assassination Brigade(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Liquidator, The(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Devil's Dozen(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ice-Trap Terror(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Assassin Code Name Vulture(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Stolen Pay Train,(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Massacre in Milan(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vatican Vendetta(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sign of the Cobra(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Man Who Sold Death(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
The N3 Conspiracy(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Beirut Incident(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death of the Falcon(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Aztec Avenger(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Code(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Jerusalem File(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Counterfeit Agent(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Six Bloody Summer Days(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Katmandu Contract(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Z Document(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dr. Death(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ultimate Code(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Assignment Intercept(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Green Wolf Connection(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Fanatics of Al Asad(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Snake Flag Conspiracy(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Turncoat(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Sign of the Prayer Shawl(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vulcan Disaster(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
A High Yield In Death(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Nichovev Plot, The(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Triple Cross(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Gallagher Plot(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Plot for the Fourth Reich(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Message(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The List(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Under the Wall(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Ebony Cross(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Deadly Doubles(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Race of Death(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Trouble in Paradise(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Pamplona Affair(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Doomsday Spore(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Revenge of the Generals(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Asian Mantrap(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Thunderstrike In Syria(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Redolmo Affair(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Jamaican Exchange(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tropical Deathpact(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Pemex Chart(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hawaii(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Satan Trap(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Reich Four(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Nowhere Weapon(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Strike of the Hawk(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Day of the Dingo(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tarantula Strike(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ten Times Dynamite(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Eighth Card Stud(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Suicide Seat(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Mission: Havana(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Coyote Connection(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The G Man(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Society of Nine(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Golden Bull(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dubrovnik Massacre(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Solar Menace(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Strontium Code(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pleasure Island(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cauldron of Hell(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Parisian Affair(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
Turkish Bloodbath(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chessmaster(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Samurai(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Puppet Master(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dominican Affair(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Damocles Threat(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Earth Shaker(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Treason Game(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Deathlight(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Israeli Connection(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Norwegian Typhoon(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Hunter(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation McMurdo Sound(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Appointment in Haiphong(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Retreat for Death(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mendoza Manuscript(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Death Star Affair(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Doctor DNA(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Typhoon Ray(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Christmas Kill(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Greek Summit(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Outback Ghosts(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hide and Go Die(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Kali Death Cult(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Vendetta(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Yukon Target(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Death Dealer(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Istanbul Decision(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Decoy Hit(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Earthfire North(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Budapest Run(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Caribbean Coup(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Algarve Affair(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Zero-Hour Strike Force(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Sharkbite(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Island(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Night of the Warheads(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Day of the Mahdi(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Assignment: Rio(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Hand Play(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Kremlin Kill(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mayan Connection(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
San Juan Inferno(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Circle of Scorpions(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Blue Ice Affair(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Macao Massacre(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pursuit of the Eagle(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Vengeance Game(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Last Flight to Moscow(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Normandy Code(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
White Death(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Assassin Convention(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood of the Scimitar(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Execution Exchange(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Tarlov Cipher(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Target Red Star(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Killing Ground(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Berlin Target(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mercenary Mountain(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood Ultimatum(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cyclops Conspiracy(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tunnel for Traitors(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Samurai Kill(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Terror Times Two(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Orbit(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Slaughter Day(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Master Assassin(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Operation Petrograd(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Crossfire Red(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood of the Falcon(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Squad(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Terror Code(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Holy War(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood Raid(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
East of Hell(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Killing Games(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Terms of Vengeance(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pressure Point(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Night of the Condor(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Poseidon Target(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Andropov File(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragonfire(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bloodtrail to Mecca(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Deathstrike(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lethal Prey(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spykiller(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bolivian Heat(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Rangoon Man(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Code Name Cobra(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Afghan Intercept(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Countdown to Armageddon(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Sea Bloodbath(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Deadly Diva(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Invitation to Death(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Day of the Assassin(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Korean Kill(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Middle East Massacre(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sanction to Slaughter(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Holiday in Hell(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Law of the Lion(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hong Kong Hit(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Deep Sea Death(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Arms of Vengeance(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hell-Bound Express(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isle of Blood(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Singapore Sling(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ruby Red Death(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Arctic Abduction(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dragon Slay(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon

Nick Carter is the name of a fictional character, who appeared as a private detective in dime novels in 1886 and then featured in various formats for more than a century. The character is particularly famous for featuring in the Killmaster series, which is written by various author sunder the common pseudonym of Nick Carter. This pseudonym was mainly used by the Ace, Award, and Jove publishing for releasing the books of this series. Altogether, there are more than 260 spy adventure novels, starting from 1964 up to 1990, featuring Nick as the main protagonist.

No author is actually credited to have written the books and therefore, Nick Carter became the house pen name for the entire series. The volumes vary between third person and first person narrative. Many authors have contributed to the series, including Manning Lee Stokes, Michael Avallone, Gayle Lynds, David Hagberg, Martin Cruz Smith, Valerie Moolman, Robert Randisi, Dennis Lynds, etc. The title character, Nick, is shown serving in AXE as Agent N3. The Axe is a fictional agency of the US government for spying on the rivals.

Most of the stories are shown similar to the James Bond books, that is, they are high action sequences and less depiction of gadgets. The sexual encounters are described in great detail. Nick’s full name is Nicholas J. Huntington Carter. His description given in the first book, Run, Spy, Run, is that of a tall, handsome, and lean man having a classic profile, and a muscular body. His eyes are gray and have a cruel, dangerous, and icy look. Nick is hard faced with a straight mouth. His hair is dark and thick. There is a tattoo of blue axe on the lower right arm of Nick. This tattoo depicts the identification of an agent from AXE. In one of the novels of the series, it is mentioned that the tattoo glows brightly in the dark. Nick’s shoulder has a scar from a knife wound, while his right thigh has a wound mark from a shrapnel. Whenever Nick lands in danger, he brings his 6th sense to use and often comes out unhurt.

Another important aspect of Nick’s character is yoga, which he practices every day for a minimum of 15 minutes. Nick has an interest in learning different languages and his ability in quick learning helps him to grasp the foreign languages very easily. Some of the languages that he is very fluent in include English, Greek, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Sanskrit. Apart from these, he has learned basic skills in Japanese, Arabic, Swahili, Turkish, Korean, Hindustani, and Romansch. In the initial books, Nick is shown as assuming various disguises to complete his missions. Throughout the entire series, Nick makes use of 3 main weapons, which are specifically named by him and have certain histories associated with them. His gun is named Wilhemina, while his knife is called Hugo. The third and most important weapon used by him is a poisonous gas bomb. Nick keeps this small device inside his pants beside his testicles. This gas bomb is capable of killing anyone or anything who inhales the colorless, odorless gas. Nick possesses many guns, all German Lugars and all given the name Wilhelmina. His knife is a specially made weapon that can retract inside the handle. The code, N3, given to Nick by his spy agency is a special one as it signifies that Nick is among the top three elite agents, called Killmasters. However, different authors have given different explanations to the code in the books. The one thing common in all the explanations is that Nick is an important asset to AXE and a deadly one too.

An early book written in the Killmaster series in entitled ‘The China Doll’. This book was released in the year 1968 by the Award Books publication. This book’s plot is set in New York. The primary characters of this book’s story include Nick Carter, Nikita Khrushchev, and David Hawk. At the start of the book, it is depicted that Nick recuperates at his home after the completion of his last mission. Soon, he learns from the agency that he has been assigned to carry out another assignment. This new assignment requires him to play the role of the personal bodyguard of Nikita Khrushchev. He must ensure his protection at all times when he represents the Soviet Premier during the United Nation’s first session in the city. As soon as Nikita arrives in New York, two assassination attempts take place on his life, but Nick foils both of them. From then on, he keeps Nikita in front of his eyes all the time until the session gets over and she flies back to her country. Nick’s spy agency and its counterpart from the Soviet Union, SIN, think that the attacks on Nikita’s life were carried out on the orders of a Chinese communist group. This group does not want a healthy relation to develop between USA and USSR. Therefore, assassination was meant to disturb the relationship between them. Nick gets paired with an agent from Russia and they both enter China to track the group that ordered Nikita’s assassination. While doing so, they come across a terrorist group called Claw and learn that this group is the head of all the communist operations. Nick ends up destroying Claw, following which the Russian and American relations improve greatly.

Another popular book of the series is called ‘Saigon’. The Award Books released it in 1964. The story of this novel takes place in North Vietnam, and features the primary characters as Claire La Farge, Nick Carter, Raoul Dupre, and Mr. Hawk. At the beginning of the story, it is depicted that Claire La Farge is the widow of an intelligence officer from France. She resides near a large tea and rice plantation in Vietnam. One day, Claire receives a message in code form from an ex-associate of her dead husband. Not knowing whom to tell about this secret message, Claire decides to put up an advertisement in the Vietnam Times with the hope that her husband’s former colleagues will contact her after reading the advert. She asks her most trusted servant named Saito to book a personal column in the newspaper for the advert. When Raoul Dupre learns about the ad he contacts AXE. Dupre is a well known businessman from Saigon, who has also worked for the French intelligence in the past. After receiving Raoul Dupre’s message, the agency sends Nick to Saigon and orders him to assist Dupre in contacting Claire La Frage and obtaining the coded message from her.

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