| The Terminators | |
| Author: | Donald Hamilton |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Matt Helm |
| Genre: | Spy novel |
| Publisher: | Fawcett Publications |
| Release Date: | April 1975 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-449-13214-5 |
| Preceded By: | The Intimidators |
| Followed By: | The Retaliators |
The Terminators by Donald Hamilton is a spy novel first published in April 1975.[1] It was the sixteenth episode in the Matt Helm series and was the first of the Helm books to portray him, on its cover, as a long-haired, side-burned citizen of the 1970s. This image was subsequently used for reprinted editions of a number of the earlier stories.
A longtime friend of Mac, Helm's boss, blames Big Oil for his wife's death aboard their modest yacht; in retaliation, he wants Helm's secretive, and murderous, agency to make trouble for an international oil company. Mac assigns Helm to get to the bottom of this request — and to "take care of" his friend.