The Black Sultan
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Enjoy this Triumphant Tale. American Eddie Moran is about to be captured in Morocco by the French Foreign Legion when bullets start flying at two gentlemen walking right towards him. Saving the men, Eddie learns that one is the US vice-consul, but the other is the recently deposed Berber leader, El Zidan. When a friendship forms between them, Eddie escapes the French with Zidan's help, only to be captured later and taken to the Atlas mountain stronghold of the Black Sultan, the cruel usurper of El Zidan's throne.
Not only must Eddie find a way out, he's bent on saving a beautiful American woman kidnapped to join a harem as one of the Sultan's many brides. ALSO INCLUDES THE ADVENTURE STORY "ESCAPE FOR THREE"
"Pulp fiction devotees need to put Hubbard's works on their MUST-READ LISTS." —Booklist
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.
Customer Reviews
A favorite
This is a good story. I liked the main hero being a bit of a dreamier sort who, when in a pickle, asks himself "What would Gallileo do?" to get himself out of a predicament. That is very charming and tickles me because he is in a rough setting of adventure with this dreamy and seemingly out of time and place sort of thought. Well some people do that and perhaps even myself (cough). I don't think this story would disappoint anyone.