''The Damagers'', published in 1993, is a spy novel by
Donald Hamilton
Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime ...
, and the twenty-seventh volume of the adventures of government assassin
Matt Helm
Matt Helm is a fictional character created by American author Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). Helm is a U.S. government counter-agent, a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of t ...
. Hamilton had launched the series in 1960 with ''
Death of a Citizen
''Death of a Citizen'' is a 1960 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin Matt Helm. The title refers to the metaphorical death of peaceful citizen and family man Matt H ...
'' and this novel is a sequel to the second Helm book, ''
The Wrecking Crew'', also from 1960.
''The Damagers'' is, to date, the final Matt Helm novel to be published. Hamilton did complete a twenty-eighth novel, ''
The Dominators
''The Dominators'' is the first serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which originally aired in five weekly parts from 10 August to 7 September 1968.
In the serial, the Second Doctor (Patri ...
'' in 2002 (he died in 2006), but as of 2015 this book remains unpublished.
Plot summary
Matt Helm brings his literary career to a close (for now) with a double assignment: destroy a crime gang run by the son of the villain from ''
The Wrecking Crew'', and prevent the atomic destruction of
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
.
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Synopsis and summary
1993 American novels
Matt Helm novels
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