Set in North Africa during Richard the Lionheart's reign, the stories are fast moving and interesting, flavored with a heady dose of spice and politically incorrect correction of the alluring female fatales. I've re-read these several times, and enjoyed the return visits. If only Ridley Scott had known of these books before he started his ill-fated Kingdom of Heaven. It would have been a much more entertaining movie had it been based upon John Cleve's works, that's for sure. One suggestion, if you're searching for the books, is perhaps try the used romance bookshops. They'll be quite a bit more reasonable than the collectible versions.

The Crusader: Books I and II

Literature & Fiction

Cleve, John

Contemporary

Grove Pr

Crusader Book, 3 and 4

GROVE PRESS

Saladin's Spy (The Crusader, Book V)

RETIRED COP ALANNI KEOR BOUGHT THE FARM...LITERALLYSHE WAS HAPPY FARMING WITH HER PARTNERS-AN OUTIE AND A JARP-UNTIL A POWERFUL POLITICIANBLACKMALED HER INTO BECOMING AN INTERPLANETARY THIEF. TO STEAL THE MYSTERIOUS ALIEN THING CALLED INVISIBLE WISDOM, SHE HAD TO GO TO HELLHOLE...THE PLANET THAT LIVED UP TO ITS NAME.

Assignment: Hellhole (Spaceways Series, No. 14)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

BERKLEY

Spaceways 9/in Quest

Manjanungo was one of the most feared bandits in the galaxy. With the aid of a fellow pirate, he captured the Starqueen, the second largest luxury liner in space and trie to convince his aristocratic and nymphomaniacal cousin, Lady Seeava to join him in his adventures

King of the Slavers (Spaceways No. 19)

The intergalactic pirate, Corundum, aids Janja in her search through outer space for Captain Jonuta in order to take revenge on him for selling her into slavery

Corundum's Woman (Spaceways Series, No. 2)

United States

Berkley_Pub Group

Janja and her friend, Hellfire, are trapped on the planet, Macho, by a violent rebellion and fight their way back to their spaceship with the aid of the daring Trafalgar Cuw

Escape from Macho (Spaceways Series)

Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks

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