The Fist of Fatima

John Eagle, Expeditor #4

by Paul Edwards

1st MEWS 1976 edition paperback vg book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

A Pyramid Books house name devised by Lyle Kenyon Engel for the John Eagle Expeditor series written by Manning Lee Stokes, Robert Lory, and Paul Eiden.

Paul^^^^^^^Edwards to differentiate

Reviews

[Edwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Robert Lory installment is an improvement over his previous effort The Laughing Death, this time John Eagle is engaged early in the book and his mission is personal. There were several interesting historical or geographic references that I was inclined to look up, including the 1973 attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum, and the nomadic Tuareg people of the Sahara dessert. Eagle’s college roommate is killed by terrorists in an attack much like one one in Khartoum and Eagle vows vengeance. He travels to Libya and becomes allied with a band of Tuareg nomads that include the chief’s horny daughters, who find Eagle irresistible, and their jealous suitor. In true adventure book fashion Eagle must endure various challenges and fights to prove himself worthy during the trek across the Sahara to the mountain lair of the terrorists, the setting for the action-packed climax. This fourth book in this obscure series is more of an adventure novel rather than the previous action/espionage and is my favorite thus far.

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Expeditor goes to Libya in search of personal vengeance against "The Fist Of Fatima" the group responsible for the cold-blooded murder of his friend, a foreign ambassador and other Americans. He joins up with desert warriors to cross the scorched wasteland.

A pretty average actioner I would have to say. Although, this was my first taste of the John Eagle series so I may have gotten a dud. Still was a nice time waster.

[Josh Hitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a lot of fun, enjoyed all of these so far. John Eagle is Mack Blown and James Bond combined. They read like mens adventure tales but he has a lot of fancy gadgets. This time he is on a personal mission, a friend who worked in the US embassy in Libya was killed and he goes after the killers. Just happens that they are apart of a very large terrorist outfit with a secret base in the mountains of the Libyan desert. He joins a warrior tribe on camel back to get there but ends up solo for the big assault.

Highly recommended, a fun series.