Infernal Revenue

by Will Murray · August 1994

10.0 / 10 average from 1 rated reviews

When a smooth-talking artificial-intelligence computer chip known as Friend covertly hijacks the new computer system at CURE, Harold Smith and his supersecret crime-fighting organization log on to turbo trouble. Friend's fiendish strategy screws up the data base so efficiently that both Remo and Chiun quit--bad timing now that Friend has released a stealth virus that will attack systems everywhere, holding the world hostage to technoterrorism. With CURE's intelligence network rendered useless and the IRS at his door, Smith's only option looks like a suicide pill. But Friend overplays his hand, and now a reluctant Remo and determined Chiun are back on the payroll--powered up to foil the greatest threat CURE has ever faced.

Reviews (1)

Carboni 10/10 January 30, 2007

This Destroyer novel brings back the enemy known as Friend. Friend is an AI computer program whose motive is profit. In an earlier novel, he kills of his programmer/creator because he was spending the profits. Increasing profits is what Friend does. This is its third appearance. This time, he learns from his mistakes. Friend targets CURE and their agents for destruction. He does a masterstroke job of pissing off Remo, stealing Sinanju gold and cutting them off from the White House. In other Destroyer novels, Remo and Chiun usually no contests their way through assassins, soldiers and criminals. Only supernatural threats give them a run for their money. Like no other time, they are so utterly defeated, divided and routed, this Destroyer novel surprised me. Because of this, this has to be considered one of the best stories of the entire series. Excellent.