A Gross A Day #2

A Gross A Day #2

The Snake Flag Conspiracy

by David Hagberg

1976 by Award Books

1981 by Charter Books

Dragonfire by David Hagberg

Agent N3 Takes On A Far East Crimelord And His Private Army!

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #234

Bangkok billionaire Robert Kangting has the cream of the diplomatic jet set in his pocket, a private army at his command, and suspicious ties with Chinese Communists. The CIA think they have him under control, until one of their probes backfires into a bloodbath. Now it's up to Nick Carter "Killmaster" either to clear Kangting, or to catch him red handed. But going undercover with the billionaire's over sexed daughter lands Nick in the clutches of a Far East expert in high-tech torture.

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg (1942- )

Berkley Publishing Group

Jove Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 515 09444

February 1988

East Of Hell by David Hagberg

Agent N3 Hunts Down Asia's Most Savage Assassin

 

George Gross Cover

 Killmaster #227

Hong Kong has been rocked by a series of brutal assassinations. First the trade commissioner is blown sky high. Then a Chinese ambassador is strangled. And a beautiful seductive AXE agent dies by the knife. As the body count climbs, Nick Carter, Killmaster, sets out on a desperate manhunt after a deadly and elusive killer. Through Hong Kong's teeming streets and labyrinthian back alleys, Nick Carter stalks his human prey. If he fails, Far East diplomacy will suffer a crushing blow. 

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Jove Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 515 09055

July 1987

Notes
New cover design. 
Same publisher but different imprint.

Operation Petrograd by David Hagberg

The Russians have the ultimate, indestructible weapon.

N3's mission: Steal it!

George Gross Cover

 Nick Carter Killmaster #220

The Petrograd submarine, Russia's newest and deadliest war-toy, is NATO's worst nightmare. So, when a Russian naval officer offers the sub's plans and maintenance manual for sale, the CIA station chief in Tokyo jumps at the chance. Both get more than they bargain for. Hours later Russian seller and CIA buyer are dead, gunned down by the KGB. But the microchip and the plans have vanished. With the plans up for grabsTokyo becomes a chess board of intrigue in a deadly game of Far Eastern espionage. But Nick Carter is playing for highers stakes. As Soviet and Western agents clash, N3 goes after the sub itself......

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg (1942- )

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 57289

December 1986

Death Orbit by David Hagberg

Agent N3 is launched on his deadliest mission!

George Gross Cover

 Killmaster #217

U.S.astronaut John Richardson dies during a flight on the space shuttle. Officials claim it was an accident. But it is not that simple, and if the truth gets out, NASA will be facing a Watergate of its own. Because in fact, the astronaut has been murdered. And now it's up to Nick Carter to retrace Richardson's last footsteps, into the silent but deadly arms of Soviet saboteurs.......

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 57286

September 1986

The Killing Ground by David Hagberg

Agent N3 is marked for murder by a top KGB killer!

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #209

Colonel Arkadi Ganin. A man of many identities and one motive. Kill Nick Carter "Killmaster N3". Ganin had been on a lot of assignments in his distinguished career, but none compared to this one. It was the sort of thing he liked most. This time there would be on flabby, unaware politician to kill; no military leader, no general, no diplomat. This time he was going after a much more interesting target. A target that would fight back. Ganin was ready for it. Nick Carter, one on one, to the death........

Print History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 57280

January 1986

Trivia
A reoccurring villain makes an appearance.

Nick Carter Killmaster #200 The Vengeance Game by David Hagberg

N3 must kill the terrorist responsible for the Marine bombing in Beirut

George Gross Cover

"Don't turn down any chance to kill him." David Hawk's words still rang in his ears as Nick Carter plane touched down in war-torn Beirut. His quarry: The most wanted terrorist in the world. Ruthless, arrogant and elusive as a fox. The mastermind of the bombing of the Marine compound in Beirut, the brain behind the massacre at the Munich Olympics. Now he is planning another fiendish bloodbath.As Nick Carter Killmaster N3 goes into action, Interpol, CIA, and Israeli Intelligence are watching. But do they want him to succeed where they have so spectacularly failed..?

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 86129

May 1985

Death Hand Play by David Hagberg

A diabolical plot threatens freedom in South America

Until N3 steps in

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #192

Something is rotten in the gambling capitals of the world. From Monte Carlo to Vegas, South American businessman Juan Rojas is quickly amassing a fortune, and the gathering together the world's most treacherous mercenary leaders, which can only spell trouble for the U.S. It's up to Killmaster N3 Nick Carter to find out what Rojas is plotting, and stop it, fast. With the help of the enigmatic beauty Carmella Perez, Nick tracks the villain from one posh casino to the next, matching wits and weapons, until the final showdown....

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 14222

September 1984

Death Island by David Hagberg

Agent N3 faces a bloodthirsty foe on a steamy Pacific isle

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #188

When angry natives attack a secret U.S. satellite station on a remote Pacific island, Nick Carter goes undercover to find out why. The island's French governor can't be bled for information, but his gorgeous young wife is infinitely more helpful. She leads Nick to a nearby island, and a tribe of cannibals thirsty for American blood. Someone is inciting them to murder, and to the annihilation of the satellite station. It's up to Nick Carter "Killmaster" to put a stop to the bloody uprisings, but first he will have to escape a perilous trap, and to do battle with an unexpected and deadly foe.

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg 

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 14220

May 1984

Zero-Hour Strike Force by David Hagberg

Racing the clock, Nick Carter tracks a madman bent on nuclear destruction

George Gross Cover

When a nuclear device explodes on a Saudi Arabian oil field, fingers point to Israeli military forces. But American leaders are unconvinced and send in Nick Carter to discover who is really responsible. Pursued by ruthless killers, Nick runs a race against time to prevent the next act of international terrorism. And confront the man who would trigger World War III.

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books 

ISBN 441 95935

March 1984

Published by arrangement with 

The Conde Nast Publications, Inc

Earthfire North by David Hagberg

Nick opens a hornet's nest.

And a deadly Nazi plot!

Cover by Sergio

White investigating a murder, Nick traces the killer to Argentina, to ex-Nazi General Marc Ziegler. With the help of Ziegler's beautiful secretary, Nick penetrates the innermost secrets of Ziegler's empire, down to his deadly nuclear arsenal. Somehow agent N3 must stop the ruthless general before he carries out his scheme, more terrifying than the horrors of the Third Reich!

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

ISBN 441 18102

November 1983

The Istanbul Decision by David Hagberg

Nick Carter Killmaster #180

Agent N3 sets a trap for a KGB killer.

And is almost caught himself.

Cover by Sergio

AXE chief David Hawk has a brilliant plan to lure one of the agency's most dangerous enemies out of Russia, and into Nick Carter's hands. Nikolai Kobelev has been the diabolical foe in some of Nick Carter's most perilous cases and N3 has to stop him before he hatches another fiendish plot. With a dead ringer for Kobelev beautiful daughter as bait, it seems the KGB killer is as good as caught. Until the tables are suddenly turned, and Nick finds himself locked in a deadly struggle to save two gorgeous American espionage agents, and himself, from certain death.

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

ISBN 441 37484

September 1983

Trivia

Cover design is slightly changed as the numbering of the series is included. New cover artist by the name of Sergio. Archenemy Kobelev is back once again, making his third appearance.

Retreat For Death by David Hagberg

It's a race against time as Nick tries to prevent another Jonestown massacre.

George Gross Cover

Retreat For Death

When Nick Carter agrees to help an old friend find her brother who has run off and joined the Church of the Final Reward, Nick ferars he might have stumbled onto another Jonestown incident. The members are required to sign away their fortunes which will go to the Church upon their deaths. But suddenly his friend disappears and his worse fears are confirmed as he follows her trail to the jungles of the Amazon where he makes a shocking discovery. After members are drugged, they are willingly led to the sacrificial altar to commit the ultimate act in the name of the Church...suicide. And it looks like Nick Carter might be too late to stop it.

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441 71539

August 1982

Appointment In Haiphong by David Hagberg

 One hundred and fifty POWs will be used to blackmail the United States.

Unless Nick Carter gets them out first!

George Gross Cover

The man was tall, gray-haired, and gaunt-looking, but in surprisingly good condition. As he pushed through the jungles of North Vietnam, he came to a small fishing village where he stole a small boat and set sail, heading out to the choppy sea. He was U.S.A.F Captain Robert Bruce, an M.I.A. in Vietnam since 1972. Ten long, incredible years.

When the United States learns that over one hundred and fifty Americans are being held prisoner at a highly organized camp at Yen Minh on the Chinese border, the only man that can get them out alive is Nick Carter. Posing as a monk, Nick has only one chance to get the POWs out of North Vietnam, but first he must keep an ......

Appointment in Haiphong

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

ISBN 441 02592

June 1982

Operation: McMurdo Sound by David Hagberg

Massive death strikes the South Pole as Nick Carter races to uncover the source of a deadly biological nerve gas.

George Gross Cover

Operation: McMurdo Sound

The man had been driving much too fast, and suddenly his snowmobile plunged down into a deep ravine. As a hissing sound escaped from one of the gas canisters, he started screaming in horrendous pain, biting through his tongue and drowning in his own blood....

The helicopter with the pilot and crewmen landed safely at the research installation. But minutes later a horrifying scream for help came over the radio. And then nothing.....

When all contact is lost with an American research camp doing military work on genetic engineering, Nick Carter is sent to McMurdo Sound to do the obvious. But when one hideous corpse turns up after another, Nick soon realizes that nothing can prepare him for what he is about to discover.

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441 63400

June 1982

The Hunter by David Hagberg

The Mission:

Confirm that DeGourcy and El Cazador are one and the same and...

destroy!

George Gross Cover

The Hunter

Wanted: Sprague DeGourcy, alias El Cazador, the notorious political assassin wanted dead or alive by a dozen governments including the U.S. and her allies. When Nick Carter "Killmaster N3" gets a tip that Sprague DeGourcy, the highly respected comptroller for the Bank of Geneva, might be the infamous El Cazador, he goes in to investigate. But suddenly the tables mare turned when Nick discovers that instead of being the hunter, he has become the hunted. By El Cazador himself. And "the hunter" will not rest until Nick Carter is dead!

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441 34999

May 1982

The Damocles Threat by David Hagberg

Monaco becomes a mad circus as eleven top agents compete against one another for a powerful formula.

George Gross Cover

The Damocles Threat

When a notebook containing the formula to a highly powerful thermo-nuclear weapon turns up in Monaco, Nick Carter immediately takes off for the beautiful and glamorous principality in the south of France. But so do ten other top agents from nations that want the notebook just as badly. As the deadly race begins, Nick jumps easily ahead of the others and beat his opponents to the precious notebook. But the race is not over yet., because now ten of the worlds top agents share one common goal. Get Nick Carter!

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441 13573

March 1982

The Puppet Master by David Hagberg

The Plan:

Kill the President of the United States.

The Assassin:

Nick Carter

George Gross Cover

He Masterminded The Strontium Code

Nikolai Fedor Kobelev, code name, Puppet Master, an insane but exceedingly brilliant man, and next in line to become the head of KGB. His diabolical master plan would explode into a final world war, with Russia emerging as the victor. He had to be stopped......permanently! The man to do it, Nick Carter "Killmaster N3". The counter plan would be equally insane. Drastically alter the mind of Nick Carter to become that of a disgruntled CIA agent ready to defect to the Russians. Only the plan works too well, and suddenly Nick finds himself sought after by his country, to be stopped...........permanently!

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441 69148

March 1982

Trivia

Charter Books did a promotion in March 1982 and published a total of seven Nick Carter Killmaster books.

The Strontium Code by David Hagberg

A cargo of contamination headed for U.S. shores!

George Gross Cover

Securing the beta canister with its contents without upsetting OPEC's delicate balance is near routine challenge for Nick Carter "Killmaster N3". Until he learns that its deadly cargo is playing a crucial role in a vast and sinister Soviet scheme.

The contents: Fatally radioactive Strontium 90. Which can reduce human flesh to raw meat and promises a hideous and painful death!

The location: Aboard a Japanese tanker heading for California and the nation's largest oil refinery!

The clincher: The distinct possibility that Nick Carter himself has already been contaminated!

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441-79073

September 1981

The Ouster Conspiracy by David Hagberg

A mole is discovered at the highest level of government.

And all evidence points to AXE!

George Gross Cover

Treason!

When Nick Carter was called into the Oval Office, he knew this would be more than a routine assignment. And when he realizes that David Hawk, Chief of Operations for AXE, was not present at the meeting. And had not been seen anywhere for a week, his mission rapidly became a nightmare! On the track of a traitor, Nick pursues evidence from Brussels to Moscow and back again to Washington D.C., and the very inner sanctum of Intelligence.

Nick Carter's assignment: Get David Hawk!

Printing History

Written by David Hagberg

Charter Books

441-64426

May 1981

Trivia

When the Nick Carter Killmaster series was being produced, The Ouster Conspiracy was consider as a model for anyone wishing to write for the series.