Dr. Quake (The Destroyer #5)

The villainous Dr. Quake is threatening to unleash devastation on California unless he's payed a king's ransom. He has the technology, and California certainly has the fault lines. But while Quake and his lovely assistants may have plate tectonics under their thumbs, Remo and Chiun are two forces of nature they never planned to contend with. ABOUT THE SERIES: Sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit, ex-cop Remo Williams is rescued from the electric chair and recruited by a secret government organization as an assassin, targeting criminals who are beyond the law. Remo's trainer is a curmudgeonly old Korean named Chiun, whose mastery of the terrifyingly powerful martial art of Sinanju makes him the deadliest man alive. The winning combination of action, humor, and mysticism has made the Destroyer one of the best-selling series of all time. With more than 150 books and over 50 million copies sold worldwide, the Destroyer has been praised by the LA Times as "flights of hilarious satire," and gave birth to the mythology of the brash young Westerner taught by an ancient, inscrutable master.