King's Curse
by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy
His name was Remo, and he was disbelieving his ears.

You Gotta Have Heart!

Civilizations fell when Cortez and his conquistadors landed in the New World. The Mayans, Aztecs, and the Toltec all vanished into the mists of history. But one tribe survived: the Actatl, and what survived with them was their huge stone idol, Uctut--the sacred rock which demanded blood as sacrifice...human blood.

When the stone is despoiled in a New York museum by a young graffiti freak, the Actatl leaders demand revenge on the despoiler and on the country which gave rise to him.

Their method of extracting vengeance? Simple--extract the victim's heart.

One of their first victims is a U.S. Congressman! Washington's top secret organization--CURE--decides the Actatl are cutting a little too close for comfort and Remo Williams, the Destroyer, and Chiun enter the picture.

Their job: Eliminate the eliminators before they're eliminated themselves.

Remo and Chiun learn that finding the correct answers is not a job for the fainthearted. Especially when it's their hearts which are up for cutting.

Review: I love the "lost" civilization Destroyer novels. This is the first of several, and in many ways, it is the best. These early novels have a sense of danger in them which is lost as Remo becomes more and more perfect. This is a fun book, I'd read it again.

King's Curse gets a royal .