HASAN - A Novel

New York: Dell Books, 1979. Book. Illus. by Enrich Torres; Stephen Fabian;. Very Good+. Paperback. First Edition. 271 pp. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Enrich, interiors by Stephen Fabian. This was originally published in two parts by Ted White in Fantastic, December 1969 and February 1970. At the time, Piers Anthony was finding it quite difficult to find a publisher - he was told nobody wanted an Arab fantasy. It took him seven years to find a small-time publisher, and two more years to get it into a mass market paperback - this Dell Fantasy. In the days of Sinbad, the young merchant Hasan quests forth from Bassorah, seeking great wealth. But the hand of Allah sets the youth upon a rare journey - into the heart of deadly adventure, unearthly peril...and magic. Enslaved by the alchemist Bahram, bound into a camel's corpse and left on the Mountain of Clouds to be devoured by a roc - such is the beginning of Hasan's destiny. For he has entered a world of mighty jinns and hideous ifrits, amazon empires and bejeweled jungle palaces, enigmatic wizards and cloistered virgin princesses. And to know his life's desire, Hasan must twice capture the love of the bird-maiden Sana - the world's most beautiful woman, child of the vengeful king of jinns on the dreaded Isles of Wak....