The Black Sultan
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Meet Eddie Moran, a slightly disreputable American cooling his heels in French Morocco. He's as smooth as they come, one step ahead of the game... and of the police. Who's after him? Just about everybody. What's he done? A bit of everything-smuggler, revolutionary, whatever crooked little scheme will pay for his next meal or next drink. But Eddie's latest caper is one he may not be able to escape... even if he wants to.
Stumbling into a fight between a couple of Berber chieftains, Eddie lands in a prison run by The Black Sultan. He may be a captive of the Sultan, but he's captivated by a stunning young woman the Sultan means to add to his harem. For her, Eddie might just go straight-if he can get them out of this hellhole alive.
Also includes the adventure story, "Escape for Three," in which a bold trio of French Legionnaires come to the rescue of their great leader-only to decide he may not be so great after all.
"Action, strong characters, suspense, snappy dialogue, and titillating romance." - Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This short novella is a good example of Hubbard's effective storytelling, with its characteristic pulp formula action, strong characters, suspense, snappy dialogue, and titillating romance. American Eddie Moran is hiding out in French Morocco in the 1920s, wanted by authorities for past indiscretions. After saving the life of Berber chieftain El Zidan in a bazaar shoot-out, he agrees to work for him, but runs straight into a trap set by the Black Sultan, a sworn enemy of El Zidan. Captured, Eddie is imprisoned in the Black City, where he meets a fellow captive, an English girl destined to join the Black Sultan's harem. Eddie, the quick-shooting bold adventurer, arranges a miraculous escape, only to find himself in the middle of a battle in the mountains between the French Foreign Legion and El Zidan's forces, with the Black Sultan's army closing in behind. But Eddie isn't bothered by the diminishing odds, coming up with an audacious plan to save everyone's bacon. The book also contains a short story, "Escape for Three," about three French Foreign Legionnaires on a suicide mission in Morocco, a surprising tale of battlefield comradeship.
