The Xanadu Talisman [Paperback]

These books are the finest escapist thrillers ever written. --'The Times'

Before Buffy, before Charlie s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel there was Modesty Blaise. For almost 40 years, Peter O Donnell s iconic heroine drop-kicked her way through a swath of villains and into a unique place in popular culture. --'The Observer'

The continuing renaissance of the immortal heroine: thrilling, humorous and timeless adventures, the Modesty Blaise series are seminal British crime novels. --'Crime Time' --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

El Mico controls every major crime along the Mediterranean, yet does he exist? Modesty Blaise sets out to fulfil the wishes of a dying friend, watched by El Mico who believes that she will lead him to a prize of immeasurable value. Travelling from Tangier to Paris, from Corsica into the Atlas mountains where Modesty must enter Xanadu, El Mico s palace, and defeat his soldiers in gladiatorial duels to the death. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

El Mico, the power behind every crime along the Meditteranean coast, is watching Modesty Blaise. Can she and Willie Garvin solve the mystery of the Xanadu talisman and lead him to a prize of infinite value? The action moves from Tangiers to Corsica and the Atlas Mountains. Finally Modesty and Willie are locked into a gladiatorial death-duel in a battle of wits against guns. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Peter O Donnell became involved with strip cartoons in the 1950 s and invented the character of Modesty Blaise in 1963. The revolutionary strip ran for 38 years and was syndicated in over 40 countries. From the strip was born a series of 13 bestselling novels about Modesty and her trusted lieutenant Willie Garvin, all published by Souvenir Press who are re-issuing all the Modesty Blaise novels with their original cover illustrations, now collectors items. The novels currently available are Modesty Blaise, The Impossible Virgin, Night of the Morningstar, The Silver Mistress, A Taste of Death, Sabre-Tooth, Last Day in Limbo, I, Lucifer, Dragon s Claw, Dead Man s Handle and, now in paperback, Cobra Trap. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.