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Title: The Saracen: Land of the Infidel

Author: Robert Shea

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THE ASSASSIN
AND THE LOVE SLAVE

He is Daoud ibn Abdallah. A warrior who is not afraid to go alone amid
multitudes of enemies. The servant of a very great ruler. Though young,
a wealthy and powerful man in his own land. A spy and a thief in the
lands of others.

He is the man whom Sophia Karaiannides, accomplished courtesan and
mistress to a king, is to serve without reservation.

The alliance has been struck. The adventure begins....

_Also by Robert Shea:_

ILLUMINATUS! (With Robert Anton Wilson)

SHIKE

ALL THINGS ARE LIGHT*

*Published by Ballantine Books

THE SARACEN:
LAND OF
THE INFIDEL

ROBERT SHEA

BALLANTINE BOOKS . NEW YORK

Copyright (C) 1989 by Robert Shea

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. Published in the United States of America by Ballantine
Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in
Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 88-92191

ISBN 0-345-33588-0

Manufactured in the United States of America

First Edition: March 1989

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Variant
spellings remain as printed, whilst inconsistent hyphenation has
been standardised.

Thanks to Michael Shea for giving Project Gutenberg permission to
distribute _The Saracen: Land of the Infidel_.

TO MICHAEL ERIK SHEA

_who helped me learn many things
about