Circle of Scorpions explained

Circle of Scorpions is the 196th novel in the long-running Nick Carter-Killmaster series. The book was first published in 1985.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Circle of Scorpions . Charter Books . New York . 0-441-10561-0 . Nick Carter Killmaster #196 . 1985 .