Circle of Scorpions is the 196th novel in the long-running Nick Carter-Killmaster series. The book was first published in 1985.
Plot summary Nick Carter knows that the KGB has called a meeting of all the world's terrorist organizations. It's a party he wants to crash: the only problem is, he doesn't know where or when. But espionage has its own deadly etiquette, and with the help of a beautiful double agent and a black market death-merchant, N3 proves that there are ways to get invited to even the most exclusive affairs...
Main characters
Nick Carter, agent N-3, AXE Hawk, Carter's boss, head of AXE Naomi Bartinelli, money launderer and arms broker Al Garret, AXE electronics expert Ali Maumed Kashmir, Lebanese arms dealer Carlotta Polti, Italian CID agent working undercover in the La Aicizia di Liberta Italiana terrorist group. Hadley, Chris, Barzoni, Hal, Ted, and Marco, AXE strike team members Oakhurst code name for an Amsterdam arms dealer Tony Santoni, Italian CID Sophia Palmori, Liberta terrorist member Wombo, Pocky and Nordo Compari, Liberta terrorist members Pietro Amani, jailed leader of Liberta Jason Henry, American mercenary pilot
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