The Daisy Ducks.

RICK BOYER

Publication: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986,

First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Lithuanian-born soldier of fortune Liatis Roantis asks Doc Adams to help him recover a statue of the Hindu god Siva, allegedly given to two of the Daisy Ducks fighting in Cambodia by a Buddhist village elder who was also a river pirate. The statue was being held in a bank vault in Hong Kong, requiring two separate keys to retrieve ..... one key belonged to Daisy Ducks leader Liatis Roantis and the other to his deputy, Hispanic Ken Vilarde. Liatus is shot in the chest (but survives) by a sniper using a favored combat rifle of the Daisy Ducks. The shooter cuts the key off Liatis and within two days the statue disappears from its Hong Kong resting place. Doc Adams, along with the help of the Daisy Ducks investigates.

Inventory Number: 18934