Silent Terror

Avon Books, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Martin Michael Plunkett is a product of his times -- the possessor of a gen ius intellect, a pitiless soul of brushed steel, and a heart of blackest ev il. With criminal tendencies forged in the fires of L.A.'s Charles Manson h ysteria, he comes to the bay city of San Francisco -- and submits to savage and terrible impulses that reveal to him his true vocation as a pure and p erfect murderer. And so begins his decade of discovery and terror, as he cu ts a bloody swath across the full length of a land, ingeniously exploiting and feeding upon a society's obsessions. As he maneuvers deftly through a s eamy world of drugs, flesh, and perversions, the media will call him many t hings -- but Martin Plunkett's real name is Death. His brilliant, twisted m ind is a horriying place to explore. His madness reflects a nation's own. T he killer is on the road. And there's nowhere in America to hide.