Circle of Scorpions

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

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