The Eleventh Hour — Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE END

Things weren't exactly looking bright for Remo and Chiun. Not to mention for the entire world. From an evil inferno the ancient almighty god of destruction had risen to possess the Destroyer body and soul. Meanwhile, Remo's Oriental master, Chiun, had been betrayed by the U.S. president himself, and was now a weapon of the U.S.S.R. Smith, their unflappable superior in C.U.R.E., planned to take the easy way out -- commit suicide. But for Remo and Chiun, the solution wasn't going to be quite so simple and not nearly as painless....