Check Force: The Peking Plot by Ralph Hayes

 China was the oldest civilization in the world and was about to become extinct

 

An angry Chinese general, stewing over land currently controlled by the Soviets but, in his opinion, historically belonging to the Chinese, has a plan for taking back the region by force. This plan is backed solidly by Force III, knowing that such a conflict would soon escalate into war and could even extend to a World War.

20th Century Warlord 

The revolution in China was not over. General Sheng-Tse was clawing his way into power, pledged to recover lands lost to the Russians. And the war like general was backed by Force III, a secret organization dedicated to world destruction.  

Force III

Put an entire arsenal at his disposal, knowing the Chinese general would suck both Russia and the U.S. into the final war.

Chane: a fugitive CIA agent and

Karlov: a disaffected Russian spy

They were the only ones who could stop the coming crisis. For while the world celebrated detente, it would soon be mourning a devastated planet. 

Printing History

Written by Ralph E Hayes

Manor Books

12348

1975

Traveling The Globe: Day 8

Fresh from our three day stay in Italy it is time to explore more of the world in our Traveling The Globe. Today's stop is Belgrade. Now the capital of Serbia, it was once part of Yugoslavia.

 

Jones on the Belgrade Express

by Shaun Lloyd McCarthy (1928-2001)

Butcher Of Belgrade

by Ralph E Hayes and Larry Powell

Topcon, Inc. is a private spy network with its tentacles throughout Europe. At its head is a mysterious man who uses any form of violence to maintain his anonymity.

Travelling the Globe: Day #2

We have left Rio de Janeiro and will arrive at our next destination. As our plane lands we look out the window and discover we have landed in Cairo Egypt Welcome to the second day of our quest to Travel the Globe Today we will highlight four titles.

Assignment: The Cairo Dancers

by Eward S Aarons

The image of beautiful, scantily clad women dancing seductively while lustful men lounge on cushions eating dates, the Cairo Dancers are a powerful and deadly organization determined to take control of the entire Middle East.

Corpse To Cairo

by Manning O'Brinne

O'Kelly expected that the Mediterranean cruise liner he was on would be the perfect place to relax from his habit of finding trouble. He finds murder instead and ends up chasing the killer through the streets of Cairo.

Secret Mission: Cairo

By Don Smith

A nuclear bomb has been stolen. It belonged to the French and it was apparently stolen by a Frenchman. The question was who wanted it? Was it Egypt or Yemen or someone else? Phil Sherman is hired to get it back. He is confused why he is asked to get involved but his business was heading downward and he can use the money.

The Cairo Mafia 

by Ralph E Hayes

Nick Carter got himself thrown into an Egyptian jail to kill an enemy agent but now he must get out, find a microfilm of a new Soviet fighter plane, and get to back to the U.S.

More Covers

Found two more covers for the following Nick Carter "Killmaster" Adventures.

Vatican Vendetta

Written by Ralph Eugene Hayes and George Synder

1977 Tandem Edition

The Man Who Sold Death

Written by Larry Van Gelder

1976 Tandem Edition

The Vatican Vendetta by George Snyder and Ralph Eugene Hayes

Nick Carter hunts a lethal enemy he's already killed years before!

Who is the man known as Judas?

To Italian Intelligence, he's a faceless killer behind the plot to assassinate the Pope.

To AXE, America's super secret espionage network, he is the key to an ingenuous, brutal espionage plot.

To Nick Carter, he's a walking corpse, an enemy Nick had slain years before, and now must kill once more.

Printing History

Award AN1263 1974

Assassin: Code Name Vulture by Ralph Eugene Hayes

Two men with the same face. 

One a professional assassin, the other his next victim. 

Nick Carter must find them both!

Award 2nd Printing

The Death Dealer

He was a highly paid professional, killing anyone, anywhere, for a price. A murderer who relished his work, lovingly watching each victim writhe in blood. The Intelligence establishment named him The Vulture "the scarlet vulture," his mechanized talons dripping with human blood. Destroying The Vulture was Nick Carter "Killmaster" next assignment. But before Nick could get to his lethal quarry, he had to hunt down another man. A bizarre double of The Vulture, forced into becoming the assassin's perfect weapon, and his next victim!

Tandem Edition

Printing History

Written by Ralph Eugene Hayes 

Award AN1239 January 1974

Award AQ1454 May 1975

Tandem 18358 1977

Agent Counter-Agent by Ralph Eugene Hayes

"We Will Bury You"

The communist threat had never seemed so real!. AXE had barely assigned Nick Carter to his new mission when the message came from 'the spoilers'. They were threatening to deal a blow to American intelligence influence. It was clearly a job for  Nick Carter Killmaster, the most lethal of his career. For AXE's top agent was destined to play the lead in the diabolical plot.

Award Edition

What has they done to him? Had they really turned AXE's most valuable agent against the very powers he was sworn to protect? It was  not until Nick came under the spell of the sensuous Russian operative that he began to understand how he was being used. But was it too late? Did his mind already belong to the KGB?

Tandem Edition

Printing History

Written by Ralph Eugene Hayes

Award AN1147 July 1973

Award AQ 1477 May 1975

Tandem 426 14349 1975

Butcher of Belgrade by Ralph Eugene Hayes and Larry Powell

A bloody manhunt across Europe for a faceless killer

A killer at the top of his bloody profession

For Sale

Top-secret nuclear device. Contact Topcon, Inc. Bid already received from U.S.S.R.

Award 2nd Printing

A man unknown to any professional intelligence service in the world. The mastermind behind a billion-dollar private spy network called Topcon, Inc. A sadist whose brutal power reached halfway across the world.

In Paris

The Red defector scheduled to fill Nick Carter in about Topcon's deadly game was knifed before he could utter a word.

In Lausanne

The beautiful young German agent used every trick of her well-trained mind and body to destroy Nick's chance of finding Topcon.

In Milan

The Chinese operative almost stopped Nick permanently with a killing karate chop. He was also after the man who ran Topcon.

In Trieste

The mistress of a Nazi war criminal forced Nick into an explosive game of hide-and-seek. And while he sidetracked Nick, Topcon's elusive No. 1 man escaped once more.

In Belgrade

A macabre masquerade turned into a nightmare as Nick Carter finally discovered the true identity of Topcon's master!

Tandem Edition

Printing History

Written by Ralph Eugene Hayes and Larry Powell

Award AN1109 April 1973

Award AQ1569 April 1976

Tandem 13637 1974

Strike Force Terror by Ralph Eugene Hayes

A master criminal who ranks as number one on Nick Carter's death list

A Turkish double agent who hires himself out as an assassin for the KGB.

A renowned scientist who is both weapon and victim of a bizarre kidnap plot.

Tandem Edition

They played leading parts in a lethal spy puzzle Nick Carter Killmaster had to solve. Every step pf the way was steeped in blood. From the assassin's bullet that crushed the skull of the terrified informer to the sadistic torture meted out of the special prisoners in a Turkish jail. Nick Carter knew only one way to fight this pattern of violence, with more of the same.

2nd Award Printing

The free world's most important scientists were disappearing without a trace. Then AXE discovered a vital clue: the identity of the next victim. He was a noted bio-chemist locked up in a Turkish jail. If all went well, the chemist would be kidnapped from prison and sent behind the Iron Curtain. His final destination would be a slave labor camp of very special horrors. Nick Carter's assignment was to rescue the bio-chemist disguised as Celik Sezak, Ankara's most sadistic agent. Nick was ordered to go to the Turkish jail, release the scientist and run. Easy? It could have been. But the scientist refused to leave so Nick had to follow him to Russia, and then escape.

Printing History

Award Series

AN1056 1972

AQ1298 1974

Tandem Series

426 12810 1973

The Omega Terror by Ralph Eugene Hayes

Nick Carter "Killmaster N3" mission: Destroy the 'omega mutation' before this new biological weapon destroys the United States.

Tandem Edition

Dr. Damon Zeno: Microbiologist, American defector, a dedicated and dangerous enemy. The inventor of a micro-organism which mutates quickly and against which the human system has no defense.

Award 2nd Printing

Nick Carter's mission is to stop Dr. Zeno before he turns the 'Omega Mutation" loose in the United States. The weapon is a microscopic bug. It multiplied quickly and it could not be destroyed, killing a man in a mater of days. Nick Carter had no choice but to destroy Zeno before 'Omega Day'

Star Edition

In the heart of North Africa, with the help of beautiful Gabrielle Delacroix at his side. Nick races against time. Nick was in Tangiers, hot on Dr Zeno's trail.

Charter Edition

Printing History

Award Series

AN 1033 Nov 1972

AD 1648 Nov 1976

Charter 64053 Jan 1981

Tandem Series

426 12220 1973

Star 1979

Star 352 30503 1988

Notes

George Gross painted the Charter cover

Assault On England by Ralph Eugene Hayes

He was a master criminal with a foolproof technique for a assassination. Unless Britain met his demand of 10 million pounds, he would annihilate the entire English government.

Tandem Edition

He was the most ingenious and sadistic enemy Nick Carter had faced in a long time. Leading Nick down a labyrinth of high voltage violence. To prove the power of his threat, he gunned down the Foreign Minister. When the money was not delivered quickly enough, he garotted another carefully guarded high official of state. Nick Carter is knifed and beaten on an Egyptian waterfront, tortured by the Russia KGB, lied to, sold out, and finally betrayed by his own side. With a beautiful British agent as his only ally, Nick must wage relentless pursuit of a kill-crazed blackmailer against all odds, right down to the brutally explosive end.

1st Award Edition

Printing History

Written by Ralph Eugene Hayes

Award Series

AS1030 October 1972

AN1237 December 1973

AQ1490 October 1975

Tandem Series

426 12212 1973

The Cairo Mafia by Ralph Eugene Hayes

In 1971, relations were severely strained between Lyle Kenyon Engel and Award Books. Engel continued to be unhappy with the first person restrictions and with Award's slow and inconsistent royalty statements. Award neglected to inform Engel each time a new novel was published. Notes had to be compared to see which manuscript file to be able to figure out which one was published and when. The series was interrupted in 1971 for almost a year. It was unclear whether sales were a factor or not. This was the time when new action series, as "The Executioner" and "The Destroyer" were taking off. The James Bond craze had long since passed and war against the mafia book series dominated the field. The Nick Carter Killmaster Series returned in late 1972 with the title The Cairo Mafia.

Award Edition

Bloody vengeance in Cairo's underworld. In a small African jail, Nick Carter successfully carried out the first part of the assignment. The murder of a Russian agent. Now a second AXE man could accomplish Phase II. Bringing the microfilm, the secret plans for Russian's fastest fighter plane, into the free world. But in Cairo, the AXE courier was butchered to death. Now Nick has to recover the microfilm and also find the sadistic killer. To help him with the assignment, AXE assigned Fayeh, a golden skinned Egyptian Interpol agent. To feed Nick information, they send Thinman, a depraved addict who walked the narrow line between the law and the underworld for his daily fix. To fight Nick, they pit him against the New Brotherhood, the Arab version of the Mafia. The New Brother hood has the most lethal syndicate Nick had ever encountered. He only hoped he would live to tell about it.

Printing History

Written by Ralph Eugene Hayes

Award  Series

1st (AN 1001) August 1972

Tandem Series

Titled Cairo

1st (426 7085) 1972

Reprint (426 17304) date unknown

Tandem  Edition